A traditional Lizard s Thicket new year s meal. Photo provided.
Lizard s Thicket employees are preparing to serve thousands of customers on New Year s Day. According to Community Relations Manager Sara Krisnow, it s the local restaurant chain s busiest day of the year.
Even though COVID-19 precautions have diminished many restaurant s activity, Krisnow said the Thicket is ready to go like normal. We re prepared for more to-go containers this year because our business is staying pretty consistent with to-gos, drive-through, and curbside pickup, she said. We re excited for it. This is one day we look forward to every year.
The traditional Southern meal on New Year s Day includes pork chops, black-eyed peas and collard greens. Lizard s Thicket staff members are well-prepared and stocked with more than 7,000 pork chops and 11,000 orders of both black-eyed peas and collards, locally sourced from WPRawl Farm. Although the traditional New Year s meal is the most popular meat-and-t