Over the Thanksgiving holiday, some stores will be closed, and others will have limited hours. While holiday schedules vary, a few places will remain open.
The following are open, in some cases with limited hours, on Thanksgiving Day:
Restaurants
- Dunkin’ Donuts, with hours varying by location
- Krispy Kreme
- McDonald’s
- Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, at the discretion of each location
- Starbucks
Stores
- Amazon Fresh from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Albertsons stores from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with hours varying by location
- Bass Pro Shops from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- CVS from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with some CVS pharmacies staying open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Cabela’s from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Family Dollar from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Giant from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., with its pharmacy open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Harris Teeter from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Kroger stores are typically open until 5 p.m., including ACME, Lucky, Safeway, Vons, Tom Thumb, Dillons, Fry’s, Food 4 Less, and Smith’s Food and Drug. In-store pharmacies will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
- Ralphs will be open until 10 p.m., but its in-store pharmacies will be closed
- Wegmans from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Whole Foods Market from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Gyms
- 24 Hour Fitness will close at 2 p.m.
- Anytime Fitness
- Crunch Fitness will close at noon, but hours will vary by location
- Gold’s Gym, but hours will vary by location
- LA Fitness from 8 a.m. to noon
- One Life Fitness from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Planet Fitness, but hours will vary by location
The following are closed on Thanksgiving Day:
Restaurants
- Arby’s
- Applebee’s
- Burger King
- Domino’s
- Cheesecake Factory
- Chick-fil-A
- Crumbl Cookies
- Honey Baked Ham
- Little Caesars
- KFC
- The Melting Pot
- Olive Garden
- Panda Express
- P.F. Chang’s
- Subway
- Taco Bell
- Wendy’s
Stores
- Aldi
- BJ’s Wholesale Club
- Best Buy
- Bloomingdales
- Costco
- Dillard’s
- Hy-Vee
- JCPenney
- Kohl’s
- Lidl
- Publix
- Macy’s
- Nordstrom
- REI, which will also be closed on Black Friday
- Sam’s Club
- Sears
- Target
- Trader Joe’s
- Walmart
Banks
- Bank of America
- Capital One
- Citibank
- JPMorgan Chase
- PNC
- Truist
- Wells Fargo
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Government offices
- Department of Motor Vehicles, with some states closing the agency the following weekend as well
- United States Postal Office

