Restaurants, bakeries and grocers offer goods for Passover, from seder plate kits to prepared meals and desserts to kosher wine and matzah. Whatever you might need for your Passover table, you can find it in the many speciality offerings in the Bay Area. Place your order or reservation early.
Grocers, Bakeries, Retailers
Afikomen Judaica offers a variety of Passover goods, including shmurah matzah, local and Israeli wines, red and white horseradish, organic grape juice and locally made treats. The store also carries haggadahs, seder plates, matzah covers and holiday-themed toys. 3042 Claremont Ave., Berkeley.
Andronico’s Community Markets offers Passover staples such as matzah, Manischewitz tam tam crackers, Passover marble cake, macaroons, gluten-free matzah, matzah meal, gluten-free onion matzah, Manischewitz wine, Manischewitz gefilte fish, matzah farfel, fruit slices candy, shmura matzah, dark chocolate seder plates and egg-dipped matzah. Berkeley, S.F., San Anselmo.
As Kneaded Bakery offers flourless chocolate cake and mandelhornchen, an almond-based chocolate-dipped cookie. Available in store April 1-5. 585 Victoria Court, San Leandro.
Bay Kosher offers grocery stock including matzah, matzah farfel, chocolate-covered matzah, matzah meal, gluten-free matzah, matzah ball mix, gefilte fish, Manischewitz haroset, lamb shank, brisket, macaroons and fruit slices candy. Delivery available. Chabad of Lamorinda, 3477 Golden Gate Way, Lafayette.
Draeger’s Market has prepared foods for Passover, including braised brisket, plank salmon, latkes, potatoes gratin, stuffed baked potatoes, matzah ball soup, grilled asparagus, kale salad and gefilte fish. On offer for dessert is fruit tart, chocolate decadence cake, chocolate pecan sponge cake and almond sponge cake. The stores also have a wide selection of Manischewitz foods and Passover wines. Menlo Park and Los Altos.
Jane the Bakery has baked treats including flourless “fallen angel” torte chocolate souffle, chocolate decadence torte, ruby sponge cake, apple walnut cake, chocolate chews, matzah star cookies and “cherry bomb” meringue cookies with cherries. Preorder for pickup March 31-April 5 at S.F. or Tiburon locations.
Market Hall Foods offers Passover favorites including matzah ball soup, gefilte fish, braised chicken with spring vegetables, slow-cooked brisket, schmaltzy potatoes, mushroom matzah kugel, chopped liver and haroset. The “Everything for the Plate” includes haroset, horseradish, roasted lamb bone, long-cooked egg, parsley and a box of matzah. Desserts include pavlova, coconut macaroons and orange almond cake. Available March 31–April 4. 5655 College Ave, Oakland.
Mollie Stone’s Markets offers a year-round kosher selection but goes the extra mile for Passover. Grocery items include an assortment of matzah products, such as Israeli matzah, matzah farfel, matzah cake meal, chocolate-covered matzah and matzah ball soup mix, as well as honey, preserves, Osem cakes, pickles, rendered chicken fat, jarred horseradish, babaganoush, kosher cheeses, candies and more. Catered meals include a choice of flame-roasted chicken or brisket, plus mashed or roasted potatoes, matzah ball soup, gefilte fish, buttermilk-and-thyme-roasted root vegetables, latkes with applesauce and sour cream and “atomic” horseradish sauce. A la carte items are also available including apple-walnut haroset, chopped liver, gefilte fish, latkes, matzah ball soup, sweet kugel and more. Desserts include fresh fruit tarts and flourless chocolate decadence cake. The store also has an extensive kosher wine selection. Multiple Bay Area locations.
Nugget Market has complete Passover meals including brisket, potato kugel, caramelized broccoli with roasted garlic, haroset and matzah ball soup. Items are also available a la carte. Orders require 72 hours notice. Available until April 2. Multiple locations throughout Greater Bay Area.
Oakland Kosher Foods offers catered meals including seder plate, matzah ball soup, roasted chicken with vegetables, candied yams and Israeli cake, or substitute brisket with roasted potatoes and carrots. Customers can also purchase items a la carte. 3419 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland.
Piedmont Grocery has Passover pantry items, including Manischewitz, Streit’s and Yehuda products such as matzah, matzah meal, matzah ball soup mix, gefilte fish, matzah farfel and horseradish, as well as prepared foods from the deli such as brisket, matzah ball soup and whitefish salad. 4038 Piedmont Ave., Oakland.
Scotty’s Market in San Rafael and Lucky Supermarkets across the Bay Area offer holiday essentials such as matzah, gefilte fish, macaroons, matzah meal, matzah ball soup mix, grape juice and Manischewitz wine.
Toasted in Napa offers three flavors of matzah brittle: original dark chocolate with almond, milk chocolate pistachio and white chocolate raspberry, as well as coconut macaroons. Available starting March 31 for delivery or pickup; preorder recommended.
Fill your four cups of wine from kosher vintners Hagafen Cellars in Napa Valley and Covenant Wines in Berkeley. Covenant Wines offers a “Double-Edged Sword” brandy for those looking for a stronger drink. Holiday gifts, food and wine will be offered at a Covenant Passover Market on March 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Kleinlerer Wines of Richmond offers some kosher wines with grapes grown in California.
Restaurants
Bubbala’s Neighborhood Eatery in the North Bay offers a “Seder Made Easy” for four, including a seder plate kit, braised brisket or chicken, chopped liver (or vegetarian mushroom “mock” liver), matzah ball soup, tsimmes or potato kugel, grilled asparagus and macaroons or chocolate toffee matzah. The seder plate is available on its own, as well as mains, sides and desserts a la carte. Available for pickup April 1-8. Bubbala’s, 906 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, or the Kaiser Cafeteria, 99 Montecillo Road, San Rafael.
Buttercup Diner’s Walnut Creek location offers matzah ball soup, matzah brie, brisket and flourless chocolate cake. Available April 1-9. 660 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek.
Canela Bistro Bar offers a Passover dinner with matzah ball soup, grilled chicken kebab, chocolate cheesecake mousse, and optional course of bavette steak. Vegetarian options and wine and cocktail pairings available. Available for dine-in and pickup April 1-9. 2272 Market St., S.F.
Che Fico and Bubbelah Passover meals include brisket with roasted potatoes and braised cabbage or vegetarian stuffed pepper as the main course, accompanied by matzah ball soup, chicory salad with honey and apple vinaigrette, shredded carrots with walnuts and date vinaigrette, matzah crackers and a choice of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. Items are also available a la carte. Pickup and delivery March 31. Pickup at Che Fico, 834 Divisadero St., S.F., or Bubbelah, 1300-A El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Delivery to S.F., Oakland and South Bay for $15.
Comal offers its annual Mexican-inspired Passover dinners on April 6-7. Comal follows Sephardic traditions for Passover, including kitniyot (rice and legumes). The menu includes rock cod “gefilte” fish cakes with chipotle aioli, lamb barbacoa quesadillas, caldo de pollo with jalapeno matzah balls, beef brisket in adobo and a Cara-Cara orange-rose raspado with tequila whipped crema for dessert. Reserve tickets early as they usually sell out. 2020 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
Drewish Deli’s Passover menu includes a meal for four with gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, brisket, potato kugel, tsimmes and flourless chocolate cake. 11 Mitchell Lane, Healdsburg.
Grossman’s Noshery and Bar in Santa Rosa offers brisket and lamb shank plates with potato-leek latkes, sweet and sour tomatoes and horseradish, smoked and pickled fish board, sabich board, smoked meats board, sides a la carte such as chopped liver and onions, latkes with sour cream and applesauce, matzah ball soup, pomegranate molasses roasted carrots, spinach salad and chocolate macaroons. Available April 1-9 for pickup. 308 Wilson St., Santa Rosa.
Iggy’s Place offers a to-go dinner package including matzah ball soup, latkes, brisket, arugula beet salad and roasted carrots over hummus. Order by March 29. Pickup April 1-3. 3519 Balboa St., S.F.
Perbacco in San Francisco offers a pre-fixe Passover meal including antipasti with chicken liver, horseradish aioli, chopped egg and matzah, matzah ball soup, main courses including braised lamb shank, roast chicken or halibut with tomato and olives, plus braised fennel or Roman-style artichoke with mint and garlic, and dessert of hazelnut sponge cake or strawberries with zabaglione. Available for dine-in April 1-4. 230 California St., S.F.
Delfina’s Stoll family matzah ball soup is back, available frozen by the quart from March 27 until sold out. Italian-inspired Passover favorites will be added to the daily-changing menu, including matzah, lamb osso bucco, haroset, picolo bolito misto with tongue, brisket, capon with salsa verde and mostarda, capunti and lamb ragu, wild nettle farfalle with kasha and mushroom, and cabbage involtini alla nonna. Available for dine-in or takeout April 1-9. 3621 18th St., S.F.
Saul’s Delicatessen in Berkeley brings Passover to its dine-in menu and offers catering to-go. Seder plates are on offer, plus a la carte items such as chicken soup, matzah balls, gefilte fish, Manischewitz kosher wine, chicken liver and faux vegan “liver,” brisket tsimmes, Moroccan braised lamb, rockfish Moroc, chicken dukkah, veggie cabbage rolls and mujaddara. Desserts include citrus almond cake, flourless chocolate cake, sweet matzah kugel, macaroons, and candies such as chocolate marshmallows, fruit slices and chocolate jelly rings. Available March 31-April 9 for pickup. 1475 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen offers “family dinner for six” with brisket or chicken, a seder plate kit, haroset, matzah ball soup, potato kugel, roasted asparagus, coconut macaroons and a box of matzah. Or buy Passover basics individually, including chrain, seder plate kits, chopped chicken liver, brisket and herb roasted chicken. For dessert, there are macaroons and chocolate-caramel matzah. Order by 9 a.m. the day before. Available April 1-3 for delivery or pickup at five locations in S.F. and Oakland.