Thanksgiving is Thursday, but you may want to save some of your appetite for the two “Black” days that bookend it. Black Wednesday and Black Friday are much more than Thanksgiving afterthoughts and shopping melees, as proven by the array of dining and drinking deals taking place this year. Whether you’re preparing for the Thanksgiving onslaught or unwinding after too much family time, here are some reputable spots to check out.
 

Before you get all turkey’d out from your Thanksgiving feasts, it’s important to note that Chicago has a surprisingly superb turkey burger scene. Sure, turkey burgers are often ballyhooed as the ne’er-do-well, bland cousin to the attention-grabbing beef burger, but in fact when done diligently, turkey burgers have their deserved place in the pantheon of burger cravings. Here are some spots that take the turkey burger prize in Chicago.
 

Host Catherine De Orio welcomes guest reviewers Jennifer Morrill, Carlos Morales, and Michael Roberts who weigh in on Chicago area eateries Kai Zan  (Humboldt Park), Tio Luis Tacos  (Brighton Park), and Wood (Lakeview).