Where to order Christmas takeout in the East Bay
Feast your eyes on our bountiful list of East Bay restaurants and caterers offering special holiday menus to enjoy at home.
FOB Kitchen’s Holiday Kamayan feast includes lechon, pancit and other Filipino dishes, fruit and banana leaves, and set up instructions. Photo: FOB Kitchen
I’ll be home for Christmas, as you will likely be too. With indoor and outdoor dining on hold, and gatherings with outside households strongly discouraged as COVID-19 cases rise, I’ve been busy collecting a list of East Bay restaurants cooking up holiday meals for takeout, many offering feasts that feed two to four people. Some restaurants are offering kits that require some cooking or re-heating at home, while others will have your meals hot and ready to eat. And some spots might not be doing full meals, but have goodies and gift baskets to spread some much-needed holiday cheer.
The best Bay Area food pop-ups of 2020
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The flood of food pop-ups this year isn’t suprising. When many hospitality industry workers were thrown to the wind amid mass pandemic-era layoffs and instability, it makes sense that they’d continue to do what they do best: cook.
In the Bay Area, we’ve seen numerous micro-businesses emerge, selling barbecued ribs outside of bars, cooking out of food hubs and dropping off intricately assembled pastries at customers’ homes. Many culinary professionals have taken this opportunity to put into practice the concepts they’ve only dreamed about while working in other people’s kitchens.