Thanksgiving Feast

Members of the Sri Chinmoy Centres in America run enterprises that aspire to provide quality services to the public in uplifting surroundings.  Two of these divine enterprise restaurants host a special Thanksgiving holiday menu to eat in or take out.

Thanksgiving at a Sri Chinmoy Centre Inspired Restaurant

Victory's Banner Restaurant in Roscoe Village, Chicago hosts a very popular and successful annual Thanksgiving feast with three seatings (2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm), reservations required. Their dine in menu includes:

Butternut Squash & Coconut Soup, Organic Greens with Pomegranate, Candied Pecans, Mandarin Orange, Goat Cheese; Pomegranate Vinaigrette, Veggie Turkey OR Neatloaf with Fresh Sage, Rosemary & Mushroom Gravy, Fig & Walnut Stuffing, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Parsnips, Green Beans, Carrots & Turnips with Caramelized Onion, Broccoli-Wild Rice Gratin, Fresh Cranberry-Tangerine Sauce, Pumpkin-Maple Pecan Pie with Whipped Cream OR Vegan Chocolate Cheesecake, Spiced Organic Cider, Homemade Chai, Coffee or Tea.

An entire dinner can also be ordered for takeout or the dine in menu items can be ordered for take-out a la carte.


Annam Brahma Restaurant in Jamaica Queens, New York also serves a special Thanksgiving dinner menu for eat-in and take-out. Open from 11 am to 10 pm on Thanksgiving Day no reservations are required. Their dine in menu includes:

Soy turkey with mushroom gravy,  Herb Stuffing, Baked Yam Casserole,  Broccoli with bechamel sauce, Banana Bread with nut butter, Our own homemade chunky apple/cranberry sauce,  Our Own Pumpkin or Apple Pie.

 Annam Brahma also offers Thanksgiving Holiday pre-order takeout with items such as a holiday soy turkey loaf or soy turkey drumsticks.

Sri Chinmoy - the inspiration behind both restaurants - wrote extensively on the topic of gratitude.

If you learn

The art of thanksgiving,

It will be so easy

For you to learn

The art of life-receiving.

-Sri Chinmoy