11 Warming Winter Takeout Dishes to Order in the Bay Area

Chef Telmo Faria’s ode to Portugal keeps you warm with multiple options. For a hot, ready-to-eat option, get the stew of braised pork, fingerling potatoes, and sautéed greens. For something to take away and reheat at home, try the caldo verde, a hearty potato-thickened soup with collard greens and Portuguese sausage. Order takeout or delivery here.

Macaroni pie, beef patties, and jerk wings are just some of the things on the menu at Red’s House, the Jamaican standout from Christopher Russell. Pro tip: Red’s also offers both their Jamaican jerk marinade and Caribbean hot sauce to put on everything in your life. Open for takeout and delivery; order the sauces here and food here.

Allow Nari’s fiery fare to heat you up. They’re doing multi-course family-style meals that rotate weekly. A recent set featured confit duck leg with squash in a spicy panang curry with pomegranate and makrut lime leaf as the main. There are stellar vegetarian options, too. Order takeout here.

Carne en sugo translates to “meat in its own juice” — this is a Jaliscan dish that you don’t see too often on San Francisco menus. Chef Lorenzo Caamal’s version features sautéed skirt steak, crispy bacon, a spicy tomatillo salsa and pinto beans in a beef broth. It’s served with a side of tortillas and fixings and is just what the doctor ordered for the winter. Order takeout or delivery here.

There are clam chowders, and there’s Hog Island Oyster Co.’s clam chowder. If you know, you know, but if you don’t, now’s the time to find out: fresh manila clams still in their shell, perfectly poached so still plump, creamy cream with leeks, potato, and smoky bacon. You’ll want a bucket, not a bowl. Order takeout here.

Don’t expect just any ‘ole hot and sour soup from Brandon Jew; his version features fish fume, wood ear mushroom, Hodo tofu skin, and nasturtium. They sell it by the quart at both Mister Jiu’s and sister restaurant Mamahuhu, but maybe just get a gallon to be safe. Order takeout here.

Hai Ky Mi Gia is a San Francisco treasure. This family-run spot has been serving up traditional Teochew cuisine in the TL since 1987. There are lots of dishes to choose from, the one for the winter is definitely the signature braised duck leg with won ton noodle soup —the tender meat falls off the bone and the broth’s warming spices will heat you up. Your choice of noodle size, thick or thin (thin, ftw). Open for takeout here.

The recently opened Lily On Clement applies chef Rob Lam’s talents to pho with slow-poached breast and confit chicken leg using free range chicken and fat rice noodles. But if that isn’t enough to warm you up, consider his French dip pho bo banh mi, which features thinly sliced five-spice roast beef and pho au jus dipping sauce. Order takeout or delivery here.

Isabel Pazos’s weekend menudo is the perfect cure for your hangover from Friday night: spicy, brothy, warm, steaming, just slightly funky from the tripe. It’s just the cure for what ails you. But if offal isn’t your thing, her beautiful barbacoa con consommé should do just the trick. Order takeout or delivery here.

Few ramen spots in the Bay Area actually make their noodles in house; Ramen Shop is one of them. Get hot miso ramen, classic shoyu, or Meyer lemon veggie version hot and ready to eat — or pick up a ramen kit or two to prepare at home at your own convenience. Having a couple sides of uncooked noodles ain’t a bad idea either. Order takeout or delivery here.

There is one place in particular that comes to mind when we think of cioppino, the Italian seafood stew and San Franciscan treat: Sotto Mare. Their version is soupy, slightly punchy, and comes with every sea creature you can imagine: crab, shrimp, mussels, calamari. It says it serves two, but easily feeds three. Order takeout or delivery here.