Check out the hotel restaurants? I think Blue Duck is having buffet apps and then plated entrees.

Ritz Carlton. We have eaten there for all major holidays. I have to say that our children were 6 yrs and over and know how to behave in public. Also. I have never seen children misbehave there. If you allow your kids to run around and make a general nuisance of themselves. then this is not for you.

I'M not sure if this is still available but one year we found a Thanksgiving dinner cruise out of Baltimore. It wasn't fancy, the buffet was very good, and we even got to dance. We had a ball, and it wasn'the that expensive.

Can anyone recommend a big, lavish buffet for Thanksgiving in VA or MD? We're just staying home this year and it will just be our family so I'd like to do something special.