Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving the turkey walks around the Texas Zoo back in 2020. (Advocate File Photo)

For Thanksgiving Day, businesses and offices will be closed in observance of the holiday across the city. There is an additional list of restaurant openings and closings on Thanksgiving Day.

Grocery stores:HEB:

Stores: Open 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Pharmacy: Closed

Curbside: 7 a.m. òòò½ÊÓƵ“ 11 a.m.

Home Delivery: 7 a.m. òòò½ÊÓƵ“ 10 a.m.

Walmart: Closed

Target: Closed

Aldi: Closed

Dollar General: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Dickòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Food Store: Closed

Trash pickup:Garbage normally collected on Thursday will instead be picked up Wednesday, November 27.

Yard waste and recycling normally picked up on Thursday will instead be picked up on Saturday, November 30.

Offices:

All non-emergency City of Victoria offices will be closed Thanksgiving Day.

The Victoria Public Library will be closed Thanksgiving Day, November 28 and Friday, November 29.

Riverside Golf Course will be closed Thanksgiving Day as well as the landfill and the compost/brush site.

For the holidays, the Victoria Regional Airport is adding addition flights for travelers. On Saturday, November 30, the airport has scheduled addition flights to and from Houston.

Other additional flights have been added on these dates as well:

  • Tuesday, December 3
  • Saturday, December 21
  • Thursday, December 28

Travelers can view available flights at .

òòò½ÊÓƵœWith our short lines and free parking, the Victoria Regional Airport takes the hassle out of holiday travel, and we hope that residents will keep their local airport in mind as they are making plans to visit loved ones,òòò½ÊÓƵ Victoria Regional Airport Executive Director Lenny Llerena in a news release.

Madison can be reached by email at mohara@vicad.com.

Madison works at the Victoria Advocate as a multi-media journalist. She was born and raised here in Victoria.