New Novel Passover and Easter Restaurant Feasts 2019

New novel passover and easter restaurant feasts start even before the official holidays this year at Black Angus Steakhouse and Harissa restaurant.  Spago celebrates both holidays over a week-end.

Our favorite special occasion restaurant, Black Angus Steakhouse lengthens the Easter season this year by featuring all-natural, free-range Australian lamb aged for at least 26 days, then marinated with garlic and rosemary and flame grilled to perfection.  Served with herb chimichurri, two Classic Sidekicks and molasses bread, it’s the Easter deal you don’t want to miss. Three chops for yourself at $26.99 or four chops to share at $31.99.

Museum VP Philip Dobard wanted to share with the public the tradition of   Kosher, or Kashrut, a dietary code followed by Jews around the world – which is also the foundation of a rich, diverse, and vibrant culinary tradition. It’s delicious at LA’s critically-acclaimed Harissa Restaurant for a Passover-style feast prepared by Chef Alain Cohen, the Tunisia-born and Paris-raised owner of Harissa. The menu features classic Pesach dishes drawn from both the Sephardic and Ashkenazic traditions, plus a traditional Seder plate, all paired with a selection of premium kosher wines and whiskeys.

Discounts for NatFAB, SoCal Culinary & Spirits Clubs & Hospitality Industry Members.

Dinner is $85 for all National Food & Beverage Foundation (NatFAB), hospitality industry, Culinary Historians of Southern California, and SoCal wine and spirits club members, or $95 for non-members, and includes tax and gratuity. Space is strictly limited, and reservations are required. NatFAB membership is available to all at natfab.org/membership.

Born in Tunisia and raised in Paris, Alain Cohen worked in his father’s kosher Tunisian restaurant, Les Ailes (The Wings) from the age of nine. Success as an innovator came early to him when, as a teenager, Cohen introduced a French-Tunisian fusion menu that turned Les Ailes into an overnight sensation. The grillades section of Harissa’s menu marks the refined Parisian dishes that helped make Les Ailes into a Paris landmark.

One half of all proceeds support NatFAB, home of PacFAB, The Museum of the American Cocktail, and the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. The Pacific Food & Beverage Museum has been offering culinary talks, mixology seminars, and curated dinners to the residents of Southern California since the summer of 2013. Now, PacFAB, also home to The Museum of the American Cocktail’s Los Angeles Collection, has a home of its own, in which showcases the work of those who have shaped, and continue to shape, our nation’s cuisine and illustrate the rich culinary traditions of California, the American West, Pacific Rim, and beyond.

Led by President Philip Dobard, Director Tracey Mitchell, and Board Chairman Adam Fleischman, PacFAB operates a permanent gallery in the San Pedro district of Los Angeles

HARISSA PASSOVER FEAST MENU

Appetizers

Babaganoush

Moroccan Eggplant

Vegetarian Chopped Liver

Soup

Leek with Fried Sage

Salad

Matboucha (cooked pepper and tomato)

Mains

Beef Brisket with Cabernet Sauce

Stewed Lamb Shanks & Potato with Harissa & Cumin

Sides

Roasted Eggplant with Pomegranate Arils

Sweet Lime Roasted Carrots

Fingerling Potatoes with Chives

DRINKS MENU

A Selection of the finest Premium Kosher Wines & Spirits

World famous Spago will offer both a Passover Seder, their 35th Annual Dinner hosted by co-owner, the charity-minded Barbara Lazaroff on Saturday, April 20th at 5:30 PM.  Allproceeds from the evening benefit MAZON, a Jewish organization with a response to hunger.  The service portion of the meal will be officiated by Rabbi  Rachlis and Cantor Braier, featuring the West Los Angeles Children’s Choir.

Spago celebrates Easter Sunday on April 21 from 11-2:30 PM with a 3-course Easter Menu that includes a Champagne Tincture Bar, Pop-up Pie & Bake Shop and Easter Bunny.  For details on both events, please see //www.exploretock.com/spagobeverlyhills.