Here’s where to find the best takeout and delivery Passover dinners in L.A.
Whether you’re looking for brisket, matzo ball soup, charoset and more
Passover is a holiday that brings friends and family together, and this year, though we might feel worlds apart, it’s still possible to celebrate—regardless of quarantine. Some of L.A.’s best restaurants want to cater your seder with slow-roasted brisket and other specialties of the holiday, which runs April 8 to 16, —and after all, food is a true unifier. No matter where you’re spending it this year, here’s where to order Passover dinner for pickup and delivery in Los Angeles.
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All’Acqua
Menu: One of Atwater’s best restaurants is still serving pasta and other Italian fare, but this Passover, it’s also offering a special two-course meal: roasted pear and fennel salad with toasted walnuts and a honey mustard vinaigrette, and an entrée of red wine-and-porcini–braised brisket with gingery, apricot-studded carrots and a side of latkes.
Hours: Pickup and local delivery available 5–8pm
Price: $25 per person
Reservation: 323-663-3280
APL Restaurant
Menu: Adam Perry Lang’s Hollywood steakhouse is giving us some hearty, homey Passover dishes: Available à la carte, the matzo ball soup sporting two large matzo balls comes either hot, refrigerated or frozen (your call which), and the brisket comes served by the half pound. Our advice? Supplement these with the honey lemon chicken and the currant-sweetened cauliflower and you have the trappings of a perfect Passover dinner.
Hours: Pickup and local delivery available noon–7pm
Price: $14 per matzo ball soup; $16 per half pound of brisket
Reservation: 323-416-1280
Birdie G's
Menu: Jeremy Fox's latest is an ode to Jewish excellence every day, so while there's no set Passover menu, there's plenty to order that befits the holiday: Look for to-go items such as noodle kugel, family-size matzo ball soup, the relish tray, braised greens and beyond. There's also a family-style meal, which includes matzo with salted house-cured butter; beets "charoset"; beef meatloaf; malted chocolate layer cake and more.
Hours: Available for pickup noon-7pm daily
Price: À la carte varies; family meal runs $49 per person
Reservation: Order family meal online; for the regular menu, call 310-310-3616 or order online for delivery or pickup
BOA Steakhouse
Menu: Both Santa Monica and Sunset’s BOA Steakhouse locations are offering a feast for four. Begin with matzo ball soup and a few latkes with sour cream and apple sauce, then enjoy a choice of vegetables that includes the likes of grilled squash and streamed asparagus. When it comes to the mains you’ve got yet another choice: eight-hour–braised brisket, or half of a roast chicken, then a dessert of s’mores chocolate torte. The meal also includes a traditional bent, a by-the-books seder plate with hardboiled egg, shank bone, matzo, bitter herb, parsley and charoset.
Hours: Pickup available TBD
Price: $180
Reservation: Email info@boasteak.com
Huckleberry
Menu: One of L.A.’s top cafés is bringing back its annual Passover dinner, complete with all the hits. Rustic Canyon Family’s Huckleberry Bakery & Cafe is happy to cook up its braised brisket, kugel, matzo ball soup, latkes with applesauce and sour cream, macaroons and more—they just ask for 72 hours’ notice this year.
Hours: Pickup available 9am–3pm
Price: À la carte
Reservation: 310-451-2311
Jar Restaurant
Menu: Chef-owner Suzanne Tracht won't be able to host her annual seder at Jar this year, but she's still making a beautiful Passover dinner possible. In addition to Jar's full takeout menu you can opt for a few à la carte entrées that include two sides, with choices of roasted carrots, sweet potato and prunes, and pea tendrils: matzo-crusted chicken Paillard, Tracht's signature pot roast, and braised lamb shank. There's matzo ball soup, as well, plus dessert of chocolate-covered matzo with toffee and pecans for a sweet finish.
Hours: Pickup available April 8–April 16, only with 48 hours' notice
Price: À la carte $12-$44
Reservation: 323-655-6566 or email renata@thejar.com
SLAB
Menu: Burt Bakman and h.wood Group’s slice-til-they-sell-out restaurant is offering a massive Passover feast for four—and we do mean “feast.” The Trudy’s Underground pitmaster is whipping up matzo ball soup; bitter greens and citrus salad; wine-braised brisket; apple-and-walnut charoset; potato kugel; and, to finish, chocolate macaroons.
Hours: Pickup available Wednesday, April 8, 11am–3pm
Price: $200
Reservation: 310-855-7184
Wexler's Deli Santa Monica
Menu: Go big or go home with Wexler's Deli's "Passover Catering of Hope" special, an enormous family-style dinner that includes traditional braised brisket, matzoh ball soup, market salad, potato kugel, roasted heirloom carrots, and house-made gefilte fishwith horseradish. Do it up with add-ons for caviar ranging from $25 to $300, and a side of blinis for only $12. Each dinner serves four to six.
Hours: Pickup available April 10-12
Price: $225
Reservation: 424-744-8671 or email catering@wexlersdeli.com