Um... Chanukah?

There's a potato latke festival going on tonight in Chelsea in honor of Chanukah, and some of the city's best restaurants will be participating. In order to attend, you'll have to lay out some serious gelt: the cheapest tickets are $55.

That said, hold onto your dreidels, because something is amiss...

That ain't kosher.

 Braised Pork!?!? Shrimp!?!?! This is worse than the Chanukah ham:

No, not delicious for Chanukah

Seriously, the Fifth Annual Latke Festival??? You should have gotten your act together by now. We're really going goy for a festival celebrating Jewish tradition? At least go kosher-style.

This is what happens when the Ukranians and the Mexicans attempt to create Jewish food. (although Toloache and Yerba Buena chef Julian Medina gets it right)

Somewhere, an old Jewish man is rolling in his grave, and complaining.

Ratner's Ripped Me Off!



And it used to be my mom's favorite restaurant in the city. Tsk. Tsk.

I opened a box of potato pancakes--eight potato pancakes-- only to find it had 7 inside.



Ratner's closed years ago, but their frozen products continue to grace America's grocery shelves. Come on menches, get your act together. You have a quality name to represent.

I''ll be expecting my missing pancake in the mail.