On T-day, so many choices!

SPICED-PECAN rack of lamb, roasted pork loin with baked apples, Maine lobster ravioli. These dishes and more are on the menu for those who participate in that other great Thanksgiving tradition: eating out.

More than 1 in 10 Americans dine out for the holiday, according to the National Restaurant Assn. But calling around to every restaurant in town to see which of your favorites (or the places you’ve always wanted to try) are open for Thanksgiving sounds like about as much fun as shelling favas.

OpenTable.com, the company that has cornered the market on online dinner reservations, steps up each year with a handy tool -- a list of area restaurants open on the holiday, along with descriptions of their Thanksgiving menus, prices and operating hours.

So far this year, OpenTable’s L.A.-area Thanksgiving restaurant list numbers about 120, up from about 65 last year. The site lists only places that subscribe to the OpenTable service, so it doesn’t, of course, include all restaurants that are open. (Click on Los Angeles/Orange County, then All Regions and select Nov. 23, or go to www.opentable.com/thanksgiving.)

Among those on this year’s list are Jar, La Terza and Simon L.A. in West Hollywood; Minx in Glendale; Dakota in Hollywood; and Edendale Grill in Silver Lake. If you’re traveling, you can see what’s open in other cities; a list is at www.opentable.com/thanksgiving. Offerings include the traditional turkey and stuffing, as well as dishes such as oyster stew with Chinese celery, leeks, garlic and thyme cream, or Dungeness crab cake.

Craving vitello tonnato for Thanksgiving? Locanda del Lago in Santa Monica will be open. The restaurant is also serving classic Thanksgiving fare. Want to sit poolside? Circa 55 in the Beverly Hilton will be open.

OpenTable’s list isn’t comprehensive because it doesn’t include restaurants that are open for Thanksgiving but either don’t subscribe to the service or require reservations made by phone and a credit card number to hold a table. (Among those fitting that description are JiRaffe and Melisse in Santa Monica, and Nine Thirty in the W Hotel in Westwood.)

And there are glitches, so once you decide to make a reservation, it’s a good idea to double-check by calling the restaurant directly. Don’t show up, for example, at Hama Sushi in Venice expecting California rolls and tuna sashimi. Although OpenTable recently took Thanksgiving reservations for the restaurant, it will be closed Nov. 23.

-- Betty Hallock

Small bites

* Tommy Saboni, former maitre d’ at the Palm steakhouse in West Hollywood, and his partner Steve Scarduzio have opened Scarboni New York Lobster & Steakhouse in Santa Monica in the former Pentola space. Slide into a big booth for prime rib or baked rigatoni Sicilian-style. If you become a regular, you might eventually get your name put up on the wall.

312 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 393-2288.

* Looking for “nomadic Asian cuisine� near the beach? Yose is open on Main Street in Santa Monica, at the Frank Gehry-designed Edgemar. Keeyong Kim, who launched Korean-fusion spot Sohoju in downtown’s Little Tokyo earlier this year, is the owner. Dishes include king prawn tempura with ponzu sauce; jojae udon soup with clam, shrimp and vegetables; grilled tofu salad with ginseng dressing, and bulgogi sliced beef and galbi short ribs.

2435 Main St., Santa Monica, (310) 255-0680.

* Punk rock attitude goes “slightly upscale� as Social Distortion drummer Chris Reece opens the Pike Restaurant & Bar in Long Beach. The menu features band-on-the-road faves such as burgers and fish and chips, and the Ball & Chain Martini, in a “sailor chic� setting.

1836 E. 4th St., Long Beach, (562) 437-4453.