Quarantine keeping you from grocery shopping to get your Passover seder ingredients? You can count on one of these restaurants, markets or caterers to create the perfect meal for you and your family during this shelter-in-place. All are offering pick-up, and many are delivering across the Bay Area starting as early as April 6 and going as late as April 16. Just order early if you want that comforting bowl of matzoh ball soup.
Oren’s Hummus Shop: Six-course dinner (for pick up or delivery) includes matzoh ball soup, gefilte fish with carrots and fennel, roasted chicken and brisket, potato kugel and more. Seder plate and box of matzoh included. $75 per adult; $29 per child. Order by 5 p.m. April 5. Meals can be picked up at an Oren’s Hummus location (Cupertino, Palo Alto, Mountain View or SF) on April 8 between 1 and 4 p.m. Order online at https://orenshummus.com and note your pick-up time and preferred location. For deliveries, include your delivery time, address and phone number.
Wise Sons Deli: From the Jewish Contemporary Museum hot spot to you, co-founder Evan Bloom and his team are offering everything from housemade gefilte fish and charoset to prune-tinged brisket and chocolate-caramel-covered matzoh. Buy dishes individually ($5-$72) or get the full seder kit ($196), which includes the seder plate, bottle of J. Lohr cabernet and dinner for two to four, with a leftovers recipe guide. Available for pick up in San Francisco or delivery (with fee) between April 7 and 16. Order two days in advance of pick up/delivery. https://wisesonsdeli.com/passover
Market Hall Foods: Seder plate essentials, Passover specialties, main dishes and desserts — this gourmet Rockridge market offers it all for curbside pickup April 6 to 9. We’re smitten with the springtime kugel, featuring spring spinach and green garlic; Scott’s famous chopped liver; and matzoh ball soup. Did we mention the Chocolate Carrot Bundt Cake made with matzoh meal and almond flour? Order online at www.rockridgemarkethall.com. For pick up on April 6, order by noon on April 4; for pick up April 7 to 9, order by noon April 5. Oakland store only.
Gunther’s Restaurant & Catering: A 10-course menu available as a meal or a la carte by the quart or pound ($4.50-$55), including chicken matzoh ball soup, cucumber salad, carrot tzimmes, charoset, chopped liver, brisket carved in pan gravy and more. Take-out, curbside pick-up and limited delivery. 24 hour notice required for full menu. 1601 Meridian Ave., San Jose; www.guntherscatering.com
Neshama: This kosher-certified caterer in Palo Alto specializes in modern Israeli cuisine including, for Passover, seder boxes for one featuring meat ($36) or vegan ($29) options. The meat features Mom’s brisket with potato kugel, seasonal veggies, matzoh ball soup and chocolate macaroons. There’s also a seder plate box ($40) with all the fixings. Delivered cold on April 7, with drop offs up to 100 miles from Palo Alto. Order by April 2 at 5 p.m. www.neshamafoods.com/shop
Balagan: Napa-based caterer Itamar Abramovitch, whose Israeli pop-up Balagan was a longtime hit inside CIA at Copia, is offering an all-inclusive seder meal ($80 per person) featuring everything for your seder plate down to the parsley sprigs, plus gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, braised brisket, confit baby potatoes, chopped liver and more. Abramovitch is delivering everywhere in the Bay Area on April 7. Order by April 5 at www.blossomcatering.com/passover.
Chabad of Contra Costa: Seder to-go kits ($45) feature multiple dishes per course, including Chablis Glazed Minute Roast and Caramelized Onion Chicken for the mains, plus a box of matzoh, bottle of wine, a set of seder plate items and a Passover hagaddah. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Orders must be received by April 5 and picked up on April 7 at Chabad of Contra Costa, 1671 Newell Ave., Walnut Creek. www.jewishcontracosta.com/Seder-to-Go
Canela: Chef Mat Schuster is offering his famed Spanish-inspired seder meal for pick up and delivery via Postmates April 7 to 16. It’s a four-course meal ($49 per person), including matzoh ball soup with “bubbe’s farfel,” savory matzah brei with oyster mushrooms and paprika-sour cream drizzle, and roasted duck breast with horseradish marble potatoes and pecan-haroset compote. Did we mention housemade matzoh? Ask about the Spanish wine pairings, too. Call 415-552-3000 or email contact@canelasf.com.
