One Pico’s roasted squab.

With so many mouthwatering options around town this holiday season, it’s time to let someone else do the cooking. Choose from these four LA spots that are staging special menus for the season.
 

ONE PICO at Shutters on the Beach 

Price: $75 
Menu highlights: A set menu with choices of appetizer, entrée and dessert, including black-truffle gnocchi, roasted squab, bouillabaisse and strawberry shortcake. 
Don’t miss: The John Dory “Bouillabaisse” featuring mussels, Manila clams, saffron, baby-fennel broth and fingerling potatoes 
Date: December 25 
1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica 
 

 

  Akasha’s latkes

AKASHA

Price: $8 to $28 
Menu highlights: “Vodkas & Latkes” for Hanukkah features dishes such as potato latkes with smoked salmon, potato latkes with duck confit and pear-cranberry chutney and pan-roasted chicken with butternut and sage pancakes—all paired with special cocktails featuring Tru Organic vodka. 
Don’t miss: The slow-roasted Niman Ranch brisket with potato latkes and applesauce 
Dates: December 1–9 
9543 Culver Blvd., Culver City
 

 

Culina, Modern Italian’s gourmet buffet  


CULINA, MODERN ITALIAN

at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills 

Price: $95 
Menu highlights: A decadent gourmet buffet featuring a variety of stations—dim sum, salad, carving, omelet, tartare—along with a children’s section and Christmas cookies from around the world 
Don’t miss: The shellfish section, which includes shrimp, crab legs and oysters 
Date: December 25 
300 S. Doheny Dr., LA