A feast to go

Everything for the table

For the holiday feast, Bristol Farms has turkey, ham, pork or poached salmon, and its branches stay open till 5 p.m. today. There are plenty of side dishes too, including scalloped potatoes, candied yams and string beans with almonds, cornbread or sun-dried cherry and pistachio. (Side dishes and stuffings, $4.79 to $7.99; cranberry relish, $4.99; gravy, $3.99.)

Bristol Farms locations throughout Southern California. (888) 726-7271.

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How about wild sturgeon?

Locanda del Lago, open until 10 p.m. tonight, will be serving a unique Thanksgiving menu, which you can eat there or order to go -- the whole thing or items a la carte. Besides roasted turkey breast with chestnut stuffing and porcini vegetable sauce, the menu includes seared scallops on wilted spinach with apple and crisp pancetta; pumpkin gnocchi tossed with truffle and brown butter sage sauce; pan-roasted sturgeon in a red bell pepper, black olive and caper crust; and chocolate and chestnut ravioli with Port sauce. (Seared scallops, $11.50; pumpkin gnocchi, $15.50; pan-roasted sturgeon, $20.95; chocolate ravioli, $7.50.)

Locanda del Lago, 231 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, (310) 451-3525.

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Soups and salads for your holiday

Get to Zinc before noon and you’ll be able to choose a few special items for your table. You can start your meal with soup -- butternut squash or Tuscan white bean. There are a variety of salads, including a celebratory baked beet salad with creamy horseradish dressing and one of asparagus with red onions, tarragon, capers and lots of orange rind. (Soups, $4 a pint, $45 a pot serving 12; salads, $8 a pound.)

Zinc Cafe & Market, 350 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach, (949) 494-2791.

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Don’t forget the pies and breads

La Brea Bakery will stay open until 11 a.m. this morning. Of course, it would be better if you’d ordered yesterday, but going there is worth a try in a pinch. Not only can you get all the cheese and olives you might need for your guests, you’ll find pumpkin bread, walnut cranberry boule, cranberry tea bread, mini-cornbread loaves and parkerhouse rolls. There may still be some desserts to choose from, such as pecan tart, sweet yam and pumpkin pie, individual apple rustic tarts or cranberry crisp. If you’re too late for them, get some slice-and-bake cookie dough, and serve the cookies hot with ice cream. (Pumpkin bread, $6.50; walnut-cranberry boule, $6.50; cranberry tea bread, $14; mini-cornbread loaves, six for $10; parkerhouse rolls, $5 a dozen; pecan tart, $38; Thanksgiving pie, $28; apple rustic tart, $4; cranberry crisp, $32; maple pecan cookie dough, $8; shortbread cookie dough, $5.)

La Brea Bakery, 624 S. La Brea Ave., (323) 939-6813.

-- Jessica Strand