The Week In Eats

Get Out!

by Nikki Volpicelli

Zahav is serving this six-course Sephardic menu over the eight days of Hanukkah. With ingredients and inspiration drawn from Spain, Portugal and Morocco, the spread includes hummus served with house-baked laffa bread; potato latkes paired with pepper-cured salmon; and old-school cuisine like veal tagine and sufganiyot (caramel donuts with raisin ice cream). Zahav, 237 St. James Place, 215-625-8800, zahavrestaurant.com.

Bring in a gently used coat, warm blanket or three cans of food and receive a dollar off each draft at this Memphis Taproom charity event. Considering they're opening the bar at 8 a.m., these donations really don't seem like too much to ask. Holiday brews will include Weissenohe Monk's Christmas Ale, Young's Double Chocolate Stout and Maredsous 6 — and that's just three from a grand list of 17-plus. "The goal is to collect cans of food that [are] nourishing, not just any old can of water chestnuts from the back of your cupboard, please," Memphis co-owner Leigh Maida stresses. P.S.: To clean house for this event, Memphis needs your help in drinking their already-been-tapped selections. Three-dollar draught specials will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 23 and end when the kegs are empty. Memphis Taproom, 2331 E. Cumberland St., 215-425-4460, memphistaproom.com.

Enough with the turkey, the ham, the seven fishes and the fruitcake. Paxia's holiday all-you-can-eat brunch buffet features an omelette station, traditional Mexican dishes like tamales and chilaquiles, and a "build your own drink" bar with fresh fruit juices to mix with your leftover BYO liquor. Leave the eggnog at home. Paxia, 746 Christian St., 215-413-0171.

On the first day of this year, your colossal hangover will do everything in its power to keep you in bed, while still nagging you for some nourishment. So needy! Improvise with White Dog's PJ party brunch, where bedclothes are not only accepted but encouraged. A full à la carte brunch menu will be served, including romaine and radicchio salad, pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes and a pan-browned Alaskan salmon burger. Just be prepared for some banjo and piano playing. Sorry, head. White Dog Café, 3420 Sansom St., 215-386-9224, whitedog.com.

Maybe your in-laws' Christmas Eve dinners just don't hit the spot, or maybe you just need a "little" afternoon treat beforehand. 'Tis the season, after all. Nosh on sesame seared tuna, Southwest taco salad and grilled rainbow trout with almond caper brown butter and you will be ready to hit the hay and wait for Santa before the sun even sets. Tango, 39 Morris Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-526-9500, tastetango.com.