Easter To-Go
Easter pie from Enrico’s Biscotti Co.
However you plan to spend this second Easter-in-quarantine, there are plenty of takeout options from area restaurants and bakeries.
Take the traditional Easter egg hunt to a whole new level by filling plastic eggs with sweet treats from local bakeries. Impress your loved ones with a multi-course meal from your favorite, fancy restaurant. Or, make the day simple with a take-and-bake, big-enough-for-the-whole-family lasagna.
Whatever you do, don’t skimp on the sweets.
Bitter Ends Garden & Luncheonette
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Find all of the brunch staples available at Bitter Ends for pickup on Sun., April 4. The small Bloomfield eatery is offering two kinds of quiche – bacon, herbs, and cheese or mushrooms, herbs, and cheese – hot cross buns, pastry boxes filled with “spring fling” doughnuts, two cornmeal chocolate-chip scones, a carrot espresso muffin, and the “legit” coffee cake, and more.
Orders can be placed online.
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This longstanding Pittsburgh biscotti shop covers all of your Easter needs. For brunch, try their Easter pie, a flaky crust filled with eggs, meats, and cheese. Cater to your sweet tooth with their ricotta pie, or stay traditional by ordering one of the bakery’s Italian Easter breads with an Easter egg baked into the braided ring of dough.
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Don’t want to cook on Easter? Forma Pasta has a delicious, easy option: lasagna. For $35, you can get the traditional lasagna, house noodles stacked with red sauce, cheese, and herbs, or the bechamel lasagna, spinach noodles layered with bechamel, zucchini, squash, eggplant, and roasted peppers. One pan feeds 6-8 people.
Order your Easter lasagna by calling the pasta shop or messaging them on Instagram. Pickups are April 2 and 3.
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Treat yourself to some of the Easter-themed macarons at Gaby et Jules. Choose from a variety of the patisserie's classic flavors, which come dressed for the holiday. Or, go for an egg-y take on the season, the Spring Garden: bergamot mousse topped with a peach “yolk” delicately nestled in a white chocolate eggshell.
Find their seasonal items online.
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Bloomfield’s small European and New American bistro is offering Easter takeout for brunch and dinner. Their morning menu features a frittata, candied, crispy pears and bacon, and smoked gouda smashed potatoes. For dinner, find a wild mushroom risotto, French snipped beans, and braised pork tenderloin.
Orders can be placed online. All items are available in two sizes, to serve two or four people. Pick-up is April 2 or 3.
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Senti is offering their authentic Italian food for takeout and in-person dining this Easter. Their entree list has something for everyone; there’s a vegetarian benedict, salmon Pasquale – a salmon filet topped with a soft-boiled egg– Venetian-style lasagna, a classic, a lamb shank topped with a mint sauce, and much more.
The full menu is available online.
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Order a full Easter dinner for two from the recently-reopened Station in Bloomfield. The menu includes two whole, smoked pork shanks, BBQ lentils, roasted broccoli, au gratin potatoes, and a lavender pound cake with pineapple.
Order online.
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Along with their everyday breakfast, brunch, and lunch menus, Square Cafe is offering a few Easter specials. Try the traditional eggs benedict or carrot cake pancakes, topped with cream cheese icing. An Easter dinner kit for two is available for pickup or delivery on April 2 and 3 and includes the classic fixings: ham, potatoes, green beans, and macaroni salad.
STORY BY MAGGIE WEAVER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEITH RECKER
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