Confession: I have NEVER cooked a turkey and I don't want to. Too freakin' big and it's too much work. I already make Thanksgiving breakfast so I have a pass when it comes to the turkey. So, Buca it is and they have never failed me. They always work with my request on substituting the sides for more mashed potatoes which is a big factor why I order our dinner here every year. I also called Thanksgiving morning to change my order from half pans to full and that wasn't a problem. Found out last minute that we'd have more guest than expected.
Out of all the restaurants that we've tried in the past for our turkey, this has been the most liked by our family and this year so did our guests. We like white gravy on our turkey instead of brown so I just use the gravy from the country fried steak I made for breakfast.
We are not crazy for stuffing but we like Buca's. Thanksgiving just wouldn't be complete without it anymore. I think I'll make a reservation to eat there next year.
We got 4 boxes of pumpkin pies with our feast. I gave 2 boxes of them to my brother to take home since his kids liked it so much. By Friday morning, mine was all gone!
The bread was sooo soft and creamy. It was all gone when I woke up Friday morning. I was looking forward to having some with butter :-/
Mashed potatoes basically is loved in this household as much as we love rice. So yes, overall nothing was wasted.
It's pricey... but there were 15 of us and we had it for breakfast and lunch too for Friday :-)