Step aside, Christmas and New Year’s. There’s a big kid in town who’s ready to revel in his blue-colored spotlight. Starting today, and for the next eight days, it’s all about Hanukkah special menus. At restaurants across Manhattan and Brooklyn, gobble up free latkes, latkes in every variation never-before known to man, and lots and lots of donuts. Jelly and cream-filled donuts. So say your prayer, light your candle, and commemorate the rededication of the Holy Temple over a heaping platter of pastrami potato pancakes, Mexican-inspired brisket tacos, and homemade apple sauce.

As star of Broadway and Showtime's Weeds, Hunter Parrish seems like a swell fellow. Both as a member of our New Regime and genteel interview subject, he seems an unlikely actor for his next role -- tormenting Zac Efron as a bully in 17 Again. Nevertheless, when he needs comfort cuisine, Parrish turns to New York's Brooklyn Diner, which is neither in Brooklyn nor blue-collar enough to be a diner. See our review.