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It’s the wrong day to heap scorn on those lame enough to go to a restaurant on Thanksgiving. With a few exceptions, that is:

Well-heeled diners should be prepared to fork over $833 to join the city’s most expensive Thanksgiving celebration.

The all day stuff-a-thon at the Time Warner Center restaurant features dishes like roasted organic lemon thyme turkey, and lobster and crabmeat gratin.

Fat cats willing to fork over the dough for the meal will be seated at the private chef’s table in the kitchen alcove.

The table for twelve is in a secluded area and has an unobstructed view of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

In between courses, diners can watch football games on flat-screen TVs and get dizzy on unlimited champagne and wine from the open bar.

“It’s like having Thanksgiving at your rich uncle’s penthouse,” said the restaurant’s director of special events, Maureen Schilling.

“People do come. A family booked the room last year. The total for 12 seats is $10,000.”

We had no idea candied yams could taste so good:

These big spenders will eat endive and quince salad, truffled butternut squash potage, roasted turkey with Chardonnay gravy, orange and anise glazed cranberries, candied yams and cornbread stuffing.

And it’s not over yet.

The dessert menu is a sweet-tooth fantasy –caramelized key lime pie, pumpkin and nutmeg pie, apple crumble pie and cookies are all on the list.

Kids wash it all down with hot apple cider and eggnog, while adults have fine wines and champagne chosen by the chef.

Other posh eateries across the city are offering Thanksgiving meals for customers not named Gates or Rockefeller.

At Daniel on East 65th Street, the $135 three-course, prix fixe menu includes roasted organic turkey with giblet stuffing and stuffed breast with foie gras. For kids 12 and under it’s $65 per plate.

And at Alain Ducasse on Central Park South, $150 buys a five-course dinner including turkey with foie gras stuffing, butter-poached Maine lobster, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and a “sweet tray” of candied chestnuts and chocolate pralines.

Wow, pumpkin pie with nutmeg! So inventive! (Foie gras stuffing and lobster, on the other hand, would probably make for a pretty beautiful experience.)

Posted: November 22nd, 2006 | Filed under: Class War
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