Dining Out for Passover and Easter

Passover Possibilities: La Cachette has a four-course Passover dinner tonight: matzo ball soup, gefilte fish with beet sauce, brisket with latkes and sorbets with fruit. It’s $50 plus tax and tip. La Cachette, 10506 Little Santa Monica Blvd., Century City; (310) 470-4992.

Pammolli offers an Italian Passover menu inspired by chef-owner Massimo Ormani’s wife, Daniela. It begins with matzo ball soup in capon broth, Tuscan gefilte fish and baby artichoke salad. Entree choices range from roast chicken with bitter herbs to Sephardic lamb shank. It’s $48 plus tax and tip (wine not included) at lunch and dinner from March 27 through April 2 (closed March 31). Pammolli, 9513 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills; (310) 273-7588.

Easter Options: Alex has a five-course meal from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Choices include prime rib with Yorkshire pudding, veal tenderloin with foie gras butter, goat cheese souffle with caramelized pear and pan-roasted scallops. For dessert, a Swiss Easter tart. It’s $58 plus tax and tip. Alex, 6703 Melrose Ave., L.A.; (323) 933-5233.

At the House, Scooter Kanfer serves a two-course ($25) or a three-course meal ($30) from 5 to 9 p.m. Entree choices are glazed ham, leg of lamb or wild salmon with asparagus and pink lentils. Dessert is Meyer lemon pudding with lavender shortbread and Marshmallow Peeps. The House, 5750 Melrose Ave., Hollywood; (323) 462-4687.

Rockenwagner does Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Appetizer choices include apple salad with Black Forest ham, white asparagus soup and orange-jicama salad with candied walnuts; the main course choices run from grilled shrimp and fried calamari salad to leg of lamb with potato gratin. The price is $28.95 for adults, $14.50 for children 12 and younger. Rockenwagner, the Edgemar Complex, 2435 Main St., Santa Monica; (310) 399-6504.

The Polo Lounge offers a three-course brunch with a glass of champagne from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dishes include blue crab cakes, Dutch apple pancakes, roasted duckling, Hawaiian pink snapper filet, and pear and raisin tart. The cost is $62 plus tax and tip for adults, $31 plus tax and tip for children younger than 10. The Polo Lounge, Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills; (310) 276-2251.

Chaya Brasserie features a two-course brunch for $28 plus tax and tip with interesting choices like eel sandwich, shrimp omelet with mango salad pork piccata and brioche toast with blueberry sauce. Served from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chaya Brasserie, 8741 Alden Drive, L.A.; (310) 859-8833.

Reign has a Southern Easter brunch buffet of grits, greens, fried chicken, ribs, cobbler and more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $27.95 plus tax and 18% tip; $13.45 plus tax and 18% tip for children younger than 7. Reign, 180 N. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills; (310) 273-4463.

Reach Angela Pettera at (310) 358-7647 or pettera@prodigy.net.