Places to Break the Fast

Sundown Chowdown

by Gary M. Kramer

Break the fast in style at Zahav with their High Holiday Mesibah (party). For $35 per person for takeout or $48 at the restaurant, this prix-fixe meal includes raisin challah, matzoh ball soup, chopped liver, salatim (salads), coffee-braised brisket and honey cake. You definitely won't go home hungry.

Kibitz may have the local market cornered when it comes to traditional smoked fish platters. Get the whole spread: piles of jumbo whitefish and whitefish salad, regular or nova lox, kippered salmon, Swiss, Muenster and cream cheeses and bagels by the dozen. It's all garnished with olives, cucumbers and other fresh vegetables.

Jews: Chinese food's not just for Christmas anymore — this Race Street favorite is both vegetarian and kosher. The gingko herbal or shark fin soups may not be on par with mom's matzoh ball, but the vegetarian salmon fish is still an appropriate substitute for lox.

Open until 9 p.m. on Yom Kippur, this gourmet supermarket can literally cater to your last-minute needs. They have everything from chopped chicken liver pâté and sweet noodle kugel to potato latkes and kasha varnishkes. There are also salmon platters and braised brisket. If your bubbe can't make it, get it here.