Want to eat out on Thanksgiving? Here's a list of some of the restaurants that will be open in the area:

• Icon Restaurant at the Tutwiler Hotel downtown, www.birminghammenus.com/icon, call 251-2021 for reservations.
  
• Benedict's Restaurant in Oneonta, buffet with traditional holiday dishes, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., www.2benedikt.com; call for reservations, 274-0230.
• Deep South in Chelsea, traditional meat-and-veggie buffet, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 134 Foothills Parkway, 678-4701.
• Plaza III Steakhouse, Brookwood Village, 2 p.m.-9 p.m., www.plazaiiisteakhouse.com, call for reservations, 414-1411. 
• Buttermilk Hill, Sylacauga, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., traditional Southern gourmet dinner, call for reservations, 256-207-1011.
• Ryan's of Gardendale, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., traditional menu, 608-0194
• McCormick & Schmick's, Brookwood Village, www.mccormickandschmicks.com, 871-5171
• Mariott, 3590 Grandview Parkway (off Hwy. 280), Thanksgiving buffet, call for reservations, 968-3775 
• Veranda on Highland, www.verandaonhighland.com, call for reservations, 939-5551 (menu here)
  
• Brock's Restaurant, Ross Bridge Resort, call for reservations, 949-3051 (menu here)