The hard-to-book Chicago rooms that still had a table for two on Thursday, November 26 at our last check, and the morning every other room's calendar reaches it.
Thanksgiving 2026 falls on Thursday, November 26. Each Chicago restaurant opens the date on its own release rule, so the morning varies by room. As of November 2, 2026, 8 of the 15 rooms in the table below have released it; the rest follow through Thursday, November 12. At our last check, 12 of the 20 Chicago rooms we read for Thanksgiving still had a table for two.
Still open for two. Q Sushi Bar & Omakase (4:30 to 6:45 PM), HaiSous Vietnamese Kitchen (4 to 4:45 PM), Sal's Trattoria (5 to 7:45 PM), Void (5 to 5:45 PM), Omakase Shoji & Izakaya (5:30 to 10 PM), Union - Logan Square (5 to 7:45 PM), Brûlée (11 AM), NADU (5 to 7:45 PM), Amano Bistro (5 to 6:15 PM), Ascione Bistro (11:30 AM to 2:15 PM), Pingpong (4:15 to 7 PM) and Sifr (5 to 7:45 PM).
No table for two. Oriole, Smyth, Esmé, Galit, Dimmi Dimmi, Omakase Yume, Kasama and Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio. That can mean sold out or closed for the day. If a booked table is cancelled, an alert on the date hears about it.
| Restaurant | Reaches Nov 26 | Table for two | Platform | Release rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oriole | Friday, August 28 | No tables | Tock | 90 days ahead |
| Smyth | Friday, August 28 at noon CT | No tables | Tock | 90 days ahead at noon |
| Esmé | Sunday, September 27 | No tables | OpenTable | 60 days ahead |
| Galit | Sunday, September 27 | No tables | Resy | 60 days ahead |
| Dimmi Dimmi | Thursday, October 1 at 9 AM CT | No tables | Resy | The 1st of each month, for the next month, at 9 AM |
| Omakase Yume | Thursday, October 1 | No tables | Resy | The 1st of each month, for the next month |
| Kasama | Thursday, October 15 at noon CT | No tables | OpenTable | 42 days ahead at noon |
| Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio | Tuesday, October 27 at midnight CT | No tables | Resy | 30 days ahead at midnight |
| Armitage Alehouse | Thursday, November 5 at 9 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 21 days ahead at 9 AM |
| Ciccio Mio | Thursday, November 5 at 9 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 21 days ahead at 9 AM |
| Gilt Bar | Thursday, November 5 at 9 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 21 days ahead at 9 AM |
| Maxwells Trading | Thursday, November 5 at 7 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 21 days ahead at 7 AM |
| Trivoli Tavern | Thursday, November 5 at 9 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 21 days ahead at 9 AM |
| Au Cheval | Thursday, November 12 at 9 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 14 days ahead at 9 AM |
| Cerdito Muerto | Thursday, November 12 at 10 AM CT | Not yet | Resy | 14 days ahead at 10 AM |
Dates are worked out from each restaurant's release rule. Open and No tables are what a table for two showed at our last check, as of November 2, 2026. No tables can mean sold out or closed for the holiday. Released means the calendar has reached the date and we hold no reading of it. Every release rule. How we measure.
Room by room, on each restaurant's own schedule. Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026. Rooms that book far ahead or release a month at a time get there first; short-window rooms reach it last. Kasama reached it on Thursday, October 15 at noon, Smyth reached it on Friday, August 28 at noon and Au Cheval reaches it on Thursday, November 12 at 9 AM.
Here are all 16 Chicago rooms we hold a release rule for, earliest first. Hours are CT.
Not at every room. 12 of the 20 Chicago rooms we read for the date still had a table for two at our last check, November 2, 2026, and they are listed at the top of this page with their open hours.
Where a room's calendar has passed the date, the way in now is a cancellation. They cluster in the last two days before a holiday, when people who booked early change plans, and those tables go to whoever hears first.
You find out when the calendar reaches the date. Many restaurants close, some switch to a set menu that books separately, and a few serve lunch only. If the date appears with times, it is bookable. If it appears with none, the room is closed or taking holiday bookings another way, not necessarily sold out.
Find your room in the table above and be on its booking platform at that minute, signed in, with the party size set. Take any time you can get on the day; you can look for a better one later. If your first choice is closed, Wednesday, November 25 and the Friday after are the usual fallbacks, and on a rolling window each opens one day before or after the Thursday at the same hour.
No. SnagRes watches these calendars across Resy, OpenTable, Tock and SevenRooms and texts or emails you the moment a table appears on the date you asked about. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the restaurant's own price. Nothing is held or resold.
Room by room, on each restaurant's own release rule. Kasama reached it on Thursday, October 15 at noon, Smyth reached it on Friday, August 28 at noon and Au Cheval reaches it on Thursday, November 12 at 9 AM. The table on this page lists the day and hour for 15 Chicago rooms.
At our last check, November 2, 2026, Q Sushi Bar & Omakase (4:30 to 6:45 PM), HaiSous Vietnamese Kitchen (4 to 4:45 PM), Sal's Trattoria (5 to 7:45 PM), Void (5 to 5:45 PM), Omakase Shoji & Izakaya (5:30 to 10 PM) and Union - Logan Square (5 to 7:45 PM), and 6 more still had a table for two on Thanksgiving. Tables move fast near a holiday, so check the room's own page before you plan around it.
Many are, often with a set menu, and some close. When the calendar reaches the date, times mean bookable and no times mean closed or booked another way.
Set an alert on the date and on the Wednesday before. Tables come back in the last two days before the holiday, at any hour, and SnagRes texts you the moment one appears so you can book it yourself.
No. SnagRes alerts you when a table appears, and you book it yourself at the restaurant's price. We never hold or resell tables.
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