Turkey with — or without — a view

Las Vegas restaurants play it up big on Thanksgiving, with special menus, special dishes and special cocktails. From buffet to gourmet, it's all here. (Thinkstock)

This Oct. 28, 2013 photo shows variations of cranberry sauce in Concord, N.H. From bottom right clockwise, chipotle, lemon tarragon, ginger-miso, sweet and smokey, truffled. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

In a lot of places, restaurants close on Thanksgiving, and it can be difficult to find a place to eat if you plan to dine out.

Yeah, Las Vegas isn’t a lot of places.

In typical style, Las Vegas restaurants play it up big on Thanksgiving, with special menus, special dishes and special cocktails. In the accompanying list we tell you what about 150 of them will be serving, and those are just some of the local restaurants that’ll be open on Turkey Day.

There’s plenty of variety among them:

You can get turducken, although you have to do it two days before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 25, at Lola’s A Louisiana Kitchen’s new Summerlin location.

You can get deep-fried turkey, at Garduno’s of Mexico at the Fiesta Rancho.

You can eat your turkey with a great view of the Las Vegas, at Alize at the Palms, The Capital Grill at the Fashion Show mall, Comme Ca at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the Eiffel Tower Restaurant at Paris Las Vegas or the Top of the World at the Stratosphere.

You can eat your turkey without feeling like you’re in Las Vegas, at Charlie Palmer Steak at the Four Seasons, Marche Bacchus, or Spiedini at the JW Marriott.

You also can get a take-out Thanksgiving, although you’d better hurry up and order.

Las Vegas brings the variety. You just choose the turkey.

Contact reporter Heidi Knapp Rinella at hrinella@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0474.