Delivery and pick-up pre-orders can be made now on Tock. Drinks, which run for $25 each, are equally festive, including a sufganiyot cocktail riff: cranberry-infused vodka mixed with apricot jam, lemon, and mint.

The headliners, of course, are the latkes and vodka: Akasha’s Yukon Gold potato latkes can be ordered by the half-dozen for $10 and paired with homemade local applesauce a premium upgrade includes smoked salmon, sour cream, and chives. Starters include faux vegan “liver” (made from blended peas, walnuts, and caramelized onions), pletzel (its take on the Jewish onion board bread: challah baked with onions, poppy seeds, and salt), and winter chicory salad entrees feature slow-cooked brisket and tangerine braised chicken. Akasha AkashaĪkasha is making its annual “Vodka and Latkes” dinner in a to-go format for the second year in a row. “Light the Menorah” to-go cocktail from Akasha in Culver City. (Deli diehards can jump to the end of this piece for Hanukkah menus in the delicatessen genre.) In 2021, some restaurants are offering special Hanukkah menus others offer dishes that, while not marketed for the holiday, still fit the spirit of it: oil-fried and joyful. Here are your best bets for Hanukkah 2021 in Los Angeles. And if you want to observe with the reliability and comfort of a dine-in restaurant menu and experience, there are spots across the city offering Hanukkah dishes - or dishes fit for Hanukkah - that can be savored within a warm space or on a (probably heated) outdoor patio. The pandemic construct of fully realized to-go dinners for individual family celebrations continues with catering menus tailored for at-home gatherings of all sizes.

Los Angeles, with its large diasporic Jewish community, has a number of restaurants, bakeries, and delis across the county that answer the call of the holiday’s golden-fried food traditions: from doughnut shops turning out takes on puffy, powdery, jelly-filled sufganiyot to crispy potato latkes served with fatty sour cream and applesauce.

It will no doubt feel different in Los Angeles in 2021 by virtue of families being able to gather again safely indoors or outdoors together, provided that everyone is vaccinated. While not the most religiously significant holiday within Jewish culture, Hanukkah is often one of the most fun: marked by festive games, oil-fried foods, and gift-giving. Hanukkah falls early this year, beginning on November 28 and ending on December 6 - a fortuitous calendar development that makes it less likely for holiday enthusiasts to contrast or conflate the eight-day festival with Christmas in December.

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