Where to get holiday takeout for Hanukkah, Seven Fishes, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve

Instead of toiling away at a homemade feast that takes hours — if not days — to cook this holiday season, embrace one of Philly’s finest offerings: really good takeout.

All sorts of restaurants have ventured into takeout since COVID-19 restrictions led businesses to adapt, and they’ve had awhile to perfect their approach. So leave the cooking (and grocery shopping) to them.

Here are local options for Hanukkah, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve. Note that some restaurants have menus for more than one of these holidays.

This Rittenhouse bar and grill will be offering up special takeout menus for Hanukkah and Christmas. For Hanukkah, each meal comes with matzo ball soup, baby spinach and kale salad, and a choice of three entrées, including pomegranate glazed chicken and “everything bagel” seasoned salmon. For Christmas, each meal comes with dinner rolls, split pea soup, and baby spinach and kale salad, and a choice of four entrées, including braised beef short rib over creamy cheddar polenta and pan-seared seafood cake with white wine beurre blanc. The takeout and dine-in Hanukkah meal and the takeout-only Christmas meal are $45 per person. Orders must be placed by Dec. 22. Pickup at Devil’s Alley on Dec. 24 between noon and 4 p.m. Call, email, or stop in to order. For easy ordering, screenshot the menu, circle your choices, and email it to [email protected].

📍 1907 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19103, 📞 215-751-0707, 🌐 devilsalleybarandgrill.com

The Garces group (including Amada and the Olde Bar) has a lot of offerings for the holiday season, including holiday specials. Get your hands on the Christmas tree cheese and charcuterie display for $115 or desserts like gingersnap cookies for $65 per order online.

📍125 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19106, 📞 267-284-7900, 🌐 garcestradingcompany.com

Get doughnuts this Hanukkah from High Street. There’s vanilla bean custard with bay leaf custard filling and cardamom sugar and pomegranate jelly coated in powdered sugar. Four doughnuts per box are $22. Order via Tock for Dec. 7 pickup.

High Street is also open for reservations from 5:30 to 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve with a three course and dessert prix fixe menu for $90 per person. Reservations are available via Resy.

📍101 S. Ninth St. Door 1, Philadelphia, Pa., 19107, 📞 215-625-0988, 🌐 highstreetonmarket.com/bakery

The Italian-focused cafe in Fishtown has the holidays covered. For Christmas Eve, the menu offers a variety of items, including milk bun Parker House rolls and lasagna bolognese, with a choice between peposo (a traditional Tuscan beef stew with lots of black peppercorns and red wine) or Ligurian seafood stew. Add chocolate boxes, cookie tins, or pastries for dessert. $76 per person. Pickup times are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 23 and 24.

For Hanukkah, get your dinner for $59 per person. The menu includes spiced brisket, matzo ball soup, potato latkes, and more. Pick up on Dec. 8 to 10 between noon and 3 p.m. Order both holiday takeout menus online.

📍757 S. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19125, 📞 215-339-0509, 🌐 fiore-finefoods.com

Assemble the customary Christmas Eve spread with prepared dishes from seafood wholesaler Samuels Seafood Co.’s retail market, Giuseppe’s. They’ve got shrimp cocktail, clams casino, oysters Rockefeller, cooked mussels in white and red sauces, and all kinds of seafood salad (octopus, scungilli, baccala, calamari, shrimp, crab, and Mediterranean). There are buckets of crab in gravy and trays of seafood lasagnas, too. Fresh fish and prepared items are available daily, but holiday orders must be preordered by phone and can be picked up Dec. 22 to 24.

📍3400 S. Lawrence St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19148, 📞 215-389-8906, 🌐 giuseppesmarket.com

A Collingswood classic, Nunzio is ready for Christmas Eve and the Feast of the Seven Fishes with two special menus. Choose between a four-course meal of either Seven Fishes-inspired delights or a meat lover’s feast, available for dine-in (with reservations) or takeout. The meals can be preordered from Dec. 20 to Dec. 24. $80 per person. Call to order.

📍 706 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, N.J., 08108, 📞 856-858-9840, 🌐 nunziosbyob.com

What’s a pizza shop doing on this list? The folks behind SliCE have crafted a pizza of the Seven Fishes — topped with clams, mussels, shrimp, tuna, crabmeat, and sardines sautéed in fresh olive oil and garlic. Lemon, basil, and anchovies round out the equation. Order a seafood Caesar to lighten up the mix. Available through Dec. 24.

📍1180 S. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19147, and other locations, 🌐 slicepa.com

Get Christmas Eve dinner delivered. The owner of this Italian restaurant channels his Cilento upbringing in this Christmas Eve menu. Look forward to a traditional Christmas lasagna and sugo di Natale, a Christmas Day dish with wild boar meatballs, veal braciole, sausage, and lamb in a slow-cooked tomato sauce. Order anytime for pickup or delivery up until Dec. 23. Pick up is Dec. 18 to 24 at 4 p.m.

📍1716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19103, 📞 215-568-5600, 🌐 grancaffelaquila.com

Christmas dinner for eight people is $640 with salads and entree options, including lobster ravioli vodka sauce, mussels in marinara sauce, clams casino-style, shrimp scampi over risotto, and more. Preorders must be 72 hours in advance. The last pickup day is Dec. 24 at 1 p.m. Delivery available — call to set that up. The holiday dinner package for eight offers a similar menu with additional items like grilled beef tenderloin served with red wine sauce and chicken Parm for $490.

📍9800 Third Ave., Stone Harbor, N.J., 08247, 📞 609-368-9400, 🌐 spiaggettanj.com

Inside the Logan Hotel, find dine-in and takeout options for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the Urban Farmer.

Order the Christmas at Home Package for $200 to feed four to six people. Dig into roasted prime rib eye or a maple mustard glazed ham, an array of sides including housemade cornbread, brussels sprouts, Yukon Gold potato purée, and roasted winter vegetables, and the choice of bourbon pecan pie, Dutch apple pie, or sweet potato pie. Call to reserve. Packages must be preordered at least three days before pickup. Pickup time will be on Dec. 24 and 25 from noon to 3 p.m.

From 4 to 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the restaurant will be open and offer a selection of holiday specials from executive chef Sonny Ingui in addition to its à la carte menu.

📍1850 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa., 19103, 📞 215-963-2788, 🌐 urbanfarmersteakhouse.com

Chef Yun Fuentes’ Rittenhouse Square restaurant has a Noche Buena Dinner, available only to-go on Dec. 24. The package includes a quarter of a whole roasted pig (feeds 10 people) and traditional accoutrements like arroz con gandules, sweet plantains, and sour orange mojo for $150. For smaller parties, order the Lechon-style roasted chicken for two to four people for $65. Bottles of Bolo’s housemade Coquito base will be included in the to-go orders (at no additional charge). Last call for orders is Dec. 21 at noon. Pickup on Dec. 24 from noon to 4 p.m. Email to order.

Bolo will be open for service on Christmas Eve, and will serve a Sunday Roast Lechon Dinner in-house from 5 to 9 p.m. for $45 per person.

📍2025 Sansom St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19103, 📞 267-639-2741, 🌐 bolophl.com

Aimee Olexy’s outpost has a catering menu that covers Christmas brunch and dinner. For Christmas, highlights include smoked salmon frittata, sliced pork roast, Parker House rosemary rolls, holiday cheese boards, local mushroom creamy mac and cheese, and lemon meringue tart. Order by noon Friday, Dec. 15, for pickup on Dec. 23 to 24.

📍 102 W. State St., Kennett Square, Pa., 19348, 📞 610-444-8255, 🌐 talulastable.com

Dim Sum House is preparing a Christmas feast for pickup or delivery (with no fee). Get double typhoon lobster or double ginger scallion lobster, a whole Peking duck, dim sum, vegetables, and rice or noodles. Order up until Dec. 24. Pickup is Dec. 22 to 25 at the Rittenhouse or University City locations. The restaurant will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day — there will be an 18% gratuity for anyone dining in.

📍1930 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19102, and other locations, 📞 215-563-8800, 🌐 dimsum.house

The Northern Liberties Tex-Mex bar nods to tradition with its Christmas and New Year’s Eve dinner packages, which offer choices like rib-eye roast, brisket pot roast, and smoked turkey. Scale your menu’s size for two to 10 people. Christmas orders must be placed by Dec. 22 and picked up on Dec. 24. New Year’s orders are due Dec. 28 and pickup is Dec. 31.

📍1040 N. Second St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19123, 📞 215-925-1110, 🌐 elcaminophilly.com

Forsythia is offering 10 day dry-aged duck for two. The takeout meal consists of Rohan duck breast, confit wings, foie gras-white bean cassoulet, and duck jus for $140. Last call for orders is Dec. 19, and pickups take place on Dec. 23 from noon to 5 p.m.

📍233 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., 19106, 📞 215-644-9395, 🌐 forsythiaphilly.com

Celebrate with the basque cheesecake takeaway, available now through Jan. 10.

A staple dessert at this tapas restaurant since opening in 2017, executive chef Jason Peabody offers it as a whole cake. Whole servings of the gluten-free basque cheesecake are available for $90 online. Order toppings, including a tart cherry and pretzel compote topping for $20 (gluten-free for $25) and a saffron apricot and candied pistachio topping for $20, a la carte.

Pick up 24 hours after order placement, during regular hours.

There will also be a five-course New Year’s Eve dinner on Dec. 31 with dessert included for $95 per person. Reservations are highly encouraged.

📍1121 Walnut St. Philadelphia, Pa., 19107, 📞 267-324-3014, 🌐 olorosophl.com