Passover Plates
Passover gets underway April 14 through April 22. The holiday is honored with culinary delicacies, from flourless baked goods to matzo balls, braised beef, and gefilte fish. Here are a few Passover dishes and meals not to miss in Chicago this year.
Old school deli Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen offers an array of Passover specials, from gefilte fish and chopped liver for starters to matzo pizza, roasted brisket, matzo meal pancakes, and kishkes for entrees and sides. Desserts include macaroons, sponge cake, chocolate-banana cake, and honey cake.
With braised beef being one of the keystones of Passover repasts, you’d be smart to visit Gibson’s Bar & Steakhouse, the godfather of beefy cuisine in Chicago. The Gold Coast flagship is serving up a meaty three-course Seder meal on April 14 and April 15. You’ll have an appetizer choice between chopped chicken livers and matzo ball soup, followed by entree selections of spit-roasted half chicken, broiled whitefish, and of course braised beef brisket. For dessert, it’s coconut macaroons and coffee or tea.
It’s Jewish food with a French accent at Bistronomic, as executive chef and owner Martial Noguier puts his own distinctive stamp on the holiday tradition. Available nightly from April 14 through April 22, the three-course affair features warm asparagus salad or housemade chicken liver mousse for starters, seared Scottish salmon or glazed prime short ribs for entrees, and crunchy bittersweet chocolate bars or poached spiced apricots for dessert.
Dive right in with a Passover smorgasbord at Joe’s Stone Crab on April 14 and April 15. The prix fixe menu covers all the bases with gefilte fish, chopped liver, matzo ball soup, herb-roasted chicken, braised brisket, Alaskan halibut en papillote, ginger-glazed carrots, and chocolate macaroon pie.
Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen
1141 S. Jefferson Street, Chicago
(312) 939-2855
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Gibson’s Bar & Steakhouse
1028 N. Rush Street, Chicago
(312) 266-8999
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Bistronomic
840 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago
(312) 944-8400
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Joe’s Stone Crab
60 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago
(312) 379-5637
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