Hanukkah starts at sundown on Thursday, December 7, and for eight days, the Festival of Lights celebrates with dreidels, oil-based foods such as doughnuts and latkes, and lighting the menorah. The Jewish holiday extends until December 15 and menus are available at local restaurants every day of the holiday, unless otherwise specified. Here is a look at where to celebrate Hanukkah with food in Las Vegas.
Bottiglia Enoteca & Cucina at Green Valley Ranch offers selections like homemade challah bread with honey butter ($10), potato latkes with smoked salmon and crème fraîche ($15), brisket with red wine demi-glace, glazed rainbow carrots, and sweet potatoes ($29), and chocolate babka bread pudding ($10) through Friday, December 15.
Crush at MGM Grand is offering braised beef short rib with roasted cauliflower and butternut squash for $36 from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. throughout Hanukkah.
Siegel’s 1941 at El Cortez features a three-course menu starting at $23.95 per person with a player’s card and $28.95 per person without a player’s card. This specialty menu is available from 5 to 10 p.m. and includes chopped chicken livers; matzo ball soup; tossed green salad with choice of dressing; brisket of beef with potato latkes, kasha and bowties, and steamed broccoli; roasted apricot chicken with potato latkes, kasha and bowties, and steamed broccoli; and a dessert of sweet raisin kugel or ice cream.
Honey Salt’s Hanukkah dinner menu goes for $52 with a choice of roasted chicken or brisket, plus challah, matzo ball soup, potato latkes, and sufganiyot with berry preserves. Dishes are also available individually, with latkes and matzo ball soup priced at $12. The dinner is available from December 7 to December 9 for dine-in or take-out. Order by calling 702-445-6100.
Donutique is making festive doughnuts throughout Hanukkah. The Menorah Sprinkle has custard filling, chocolate glaze, and sprinkles for $7. A Hanukkah Sprinkle doughnut has a chocolate dreidel and crisp rice sprinkle for $9, and jelly-filled doughnuts are $5.
Market Place Buffet at JW Marriott Resort in Summerlin adds more than a dozen Hanukkah dishes to its dinner buffet from 4 to 8 p.m. December 7 through 11 and December 14 and 15. Festive items include pickled herring, egg salad, noodle kugel, baked chicken with caramelized onions, beef stew and challah bread pudding.
Wexler’s Deli at the Proper Eats Food Hall at the Aria Resort and Casino celebrates Hanukkah with the Hanukkah Baller — a savory dish of two warm potato latkes topped with thin-sliced lox, crème fraîche and diced onions priced at $25. For an additional $10, add paddlefish caviar.