In addition to large platters of meats and cheeses and smoked salmon for up to 20 people, Leibman’s offers packages featuring its house-braised beef brisket. The premium package is large enough for a group of eight and includes brisket, two sides, a salad with bread and butter, plus the option to add on desserts like bread pudding and New York-style cheesecake.

This iconic Jewish Bakery is a Houston institution that impresses with well-crafted cakes, decorated cookies, and freshly baked bread year-round. At Hanukkah, they pull out all the stops with holiday features including fruit and chocolate-filled sufganiyot, sweet and savory bagels, dipped cookies and petit fours marked with menorahs and whole cakes splashed with Hanukkah-themed decorative icing. Partake in both Christmas and Hanukkah festivities? Opt for the one-of-a-kind, appropriately decorated, Chrismukkah cake.

This no-frills River Oaks retail strip destination is a one-stop-shop for fresh bagels, house-made cream cheese, and smoked salmon by the pound. Score a baker’s dozen, made up of any assortment of bagels for $13, or secure an order of Hebrew National Kosher dogs wrapped in bagel dough for a Hanukkah spread.

Find everything you need (and more than you need) on Kenny & Ziggy’s Festival of De-lights menu. Highlights include the deli platter — a hefty mix of chopped liver, franks in a blanket, and sliced meats — and the Lox and Latkes package with enough nova and pastrami-cured salmon for up to eight people. Add provisions like sweet noodle kugel, matzo ball soup, and brisket, and save room for Russian chocolate babka.

Before breaking bread on Hanukkah, plan a visit to any one of Common Bond’s locations to score house-made challah. A 12-pack of fluffy challah rolls are $6, while a full challah loaf, baked to golden perfection, is $6.50.

Hanukkah-themed sweet treats have arrived at Dessert Gallery and are available for pre-order throughout the holiday. Chocolate-dipped pretzel sticks and hot cocoa bombs are festive with blue and white sprinkles, petit fours are marked with the Star of David, and Hanukkah ginger people don smiling faces and yarmulkes. In addition to ready-to-eat sweets, the bakery is offering Hanukkah cookie decorating kits for $10. 

This decades-old deli offers all of the staple meats and cheeses by the quarter, half, and full pound, plus rye and pumpernickel bread by the half and full loaf. Pep up your Hanukkah spread by building your own platter, or customize a party tray, complete with meats, cheeses, potato salad, bread, pickles, and spread, built especially for your party size.

In a city full of steakhouses, this all kosher restaurant impresses, specifically with its holiday catering options. Along with traditional steakhouse favorites, find stuffed cabbage rolls by the dozen, matzo ball soup by the pint, brisket, and latkes.