Denver’s science museum sold out their Thanksgiving meal this year

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science sold out of its Thanksgiving dinner for the first time in its history.

Normally, the museum — which stays open on Thanksgiving — serves around 200 of the $15 meals for both guests and staff. But this year, they sold around 400 meals (that’s 20 pizzas and 64 turkeys).

“Because we’re open on Thanksgiving and we have so many staff and volunteers that are here, I think it does provide a space for community during that time,” Simone Guidry, the museum’s executive chef, told Denverite before Thanksgiving. “They can have that experience here at work — it just makes everybody feel welcome and included.”

The museum has offered the feast since before Guidry started, but she told us she was happy to keep the Thanksgiving tradition going for the few who knew