Jaffa
The modern Israeli restaurant will offer both an in-restaurant and a family-style to-go menu (serves four) for Rosh Hashanah that is available for pickup. The Restaurant Menu ($45) features family-style starters including Spiced Lentil Soup with cashew cream, Potted Chicken Liver with Berbere spiced fig jam on rye toast, and a house-made Jaffa Challah Round. Main course options including Glazed Short Rib with parsley and mustard seed Zhug, and Lamb Couscous with Moroccan spices and roasted root vegetables. Dessert is a Honey-pistachio blaklava with autumn fruit. The take-out menu ($190) must be ordered by 4 pm on September 28th, pickup at either Jaffa location Sunday and Monday between 2 – 5 pm. The starters include Spiced Lentil Soup, an Apple Walnut Pomegranate Salad with date vinaigrette, and a house-made Jaffa Challah Round. Main course options including the Glazed Short Rib with parsley and mustard seed Zhug or the Zatar Roasted Whole Chicken. Sides include Potato-Leek Kugel and Braised Chard with olives and currants. Dessert is a Honey-pistachio blaklava with autumn fruit. Locations here
Gratitude Kitchen & Bar Beverly Hills and Café Gratitude Larchmont
Celebrate with the Rosh Hashanah lunch menu ($40). Dishes include the Beet Carpaccio Salad with orange segments, pomegranate, brazil nut parmesan, and arugula; Matzo Ball Soup; Carrot Lox with English muffin, cucumber salad, mixed greens, capers and cream cheese; and Apple Pie with a macadamia nut crust, and honey sweet cream drizzle. The dinner menu ($40) includes Beet Carpaccio Salad with orange segments, pomegranate, brazil nut parmesan, and arugula; Matzo Ball Soup; Apple Cider Braised Cabbage with caraway potato salad, and parsley puree; and Apple Pie with a macadamia nut crust, and honey sweet cream drizzle. September 29th – October 1st
Sushi Note
Blending Japanese and American Jewish cuisine, Chef Kiminobu Saito, head chef at Sushi Note, makes Gravlax by curing his own salmon and topping it with creme fraiche and wasabi. Celebrate the new year with their Gravlax Nigiri (LA-Style Lox and Bagels). 13447 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA
Lucques Rosh Hashanah Supper
Celebrate the Jewish New Year at Lucques. Dinner will feature duck liver crostini, ricotta dumplings with “chicken soup,” pecorino and rye-schmaltz breadcrumbs, braised beef brisket with horseradish, Apples in Nightgowns with cinnamon ice cream and more. $65; Sunday; 8474 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA; 323.655.6277
