It was kosher chaos.
A riot erupted at a Brooklyn restaurant last week when Orthodox Jewish patrons discovered the “kosher” hot dogs on the menu were chicken franks that didn't answer to a higher authority.
Kosher Dog Fight – Fracas over Frankfurter Switcheroo
It was kosher chaos.
A riot erupted at a Brooklyn restaurant last week when Orthodox Jewish patrons discovered the “kosher” hot dogs on the menu were chicken franks that didn’t answer to a higher authority.
What ensued was as unholy as the hot dogs. The eatery’s frightened manager was punched in the face and fended off the angry mob with an electric carving knife until cops finally broke up the frankfurter fracas.
“They were yelling at the guy behind the counter,” one witness told The Post. “They started spitting and throwing things at him. They were shaking the counter and trying to jump over to search the fridge.”
Members of Shomrim, the local volunteer crime patrol, was at the scene before police.
“There were at least 100 people there. We sent everybody out to the street,” a member said.
The Torah tussle began when a longtime patron noticed the unusually plump wiener he bought Monday night at Cheskel’s Shawarma King in Borough Park didn’t fit into a challah roll as usual.
Suspicious, he asked for proof of where the hot dogs were bought. The server brought him the package, which confirmed the Bar S brand jumbo chicken frank was not certified kosher.
Shocked Hasidic patrons, joined by dozens of passers-by, encircled the counter of the 13th Avenue eatery, demanding answers.
At least one patron hit besieged manager Yosef Baron in the cheek.
Baron kept them at bay by waving the electric knife in their faces an image captured on video now making the rounds on the Web.
No one was arrested.
Rabbi Naftali Meir Babad, who had certified the greasy spoon as kosher, determined the hot-dog heresy was the result of a “terrible accident.”
Earlier in the night, a non-Jewish restaurant employee was sent out to buy frankfurters from a nearby kosher market.
Instead, the worker went to a Golden Apple Farm grocery across the street and loaded up on goy wieners that just didn’t cut the mustard.
The restaurant was shut for two days as rabbis meticulously checked for other non-kosher foods.
Kitchen equipment that touched the offending meat was thrown out, and utensils were cleansed with a flame to purge any remnants of treif, or non-kosher food, in a process known as kashering.
The ultra-Orthodox community continued to boil over the roasted weenies, with talk of protests lingering all week.
“Nobody knows how long this was going on,” one man fumed.
Restaurant owner Shmuel Baron, who reopened Thursday, called it a one-time mistake.
Boruch N. Hoffinger
BS”D
Stupid to hit the manager. He’s more ‘unkosher’ than the meat.
I’d eat there (parve) when in Boro Park.
(True I eat Lubavitcher Heksher)
The establishment shouldn’t be closed.
ben
typical. this is how most kosher establishments work i think. they just want to make money, you blame them?
For sure
Guaranteed this was not the first time. Probably the first time he was caught.
Only family would eat there now.
miami mon
and this is exactly why I stopped going out to eat. too many kashrus horror stories.
Phoey on Non kosher hot dogs
Do I blame them?..yes of course
Making money should not involve deceit, it;s called business ethics, ever hear of it?
I don’t believe for a moment that it was an accident.
Sadly kosher certification does not imply qaulity either.
The food safety and qaulity of some “kosher” products would alarm many people if they knew the truth.
With more kosher food products coming from sources like China, currently the number one source of unsafe food), I only eat food that is made by, comes from a reliable source.
This is a great opportunity for new sources of healthier “hand made” foods to be made available to the kosher consumer.
Nobody should really be eating hot dogs, chicken or otherwise on a regular basis anyway.
As to the store in question, “you shall reap what you have sown”
I am what I eat
The eateries that are “caught” are the tip of the iceberg. Ignorence is bliss! Keep fressing.
With a hashgocha, at least someone investigates. A eatery under “Hashgacha Protis” would sweep it under the carpet.
questions on this
why was the worker fired and quickly removed out of the picture? We would all love to hear from him if it was a one time deal.
Neeehow!
Everyone here is completely missing the point! If you dont like the kosher standards of an eatery, dont eat there. The problem lies in the fact that there was a RIOT! what is wrong with these ppl? They actually punched a man in the face and tried to jump over the counter? maybe all this goyish behavior came from all those goyish weiners they were ingesting!
avi
violence should never be condoned! Be upset – call the beis din, the rav hamachshir, but to puch the employee – that is NOT how we are supposed to act!!
Boruch N. Hoffinger
BS“D
Phoey on Non kosher hot dogs wrote:
You’re worse than unKosher meat.
You said: ”I don’t believe for a moment that it was an accident.“
You’re ‘melamed chov’ on a Frum Jew Even on a ‘fry’ Jew you should be melamed zchus. Re: A nachri, I heard, one
doesn’t have to be as careful.
THIS STATEMENT OF YOURS IS DAVKE 100% AGAINST THE SHITA, THE PASSION OF THE REBBE, MH”M. THIS IS N O T AHAVAT YISROEL!
YES I WOULD EAT THERE IF IT WAS MY SCHECHITA! I would eat fries, etc. anyway.
Everyone makes mistakes.It’s an excellent hecksher, I’ve heard.
Ah! Alte leteshuva, alte le geula!
Phoey, at least spell your name correctly: phooey.
Who are you? Have a little courage. No one is coming after you with a baseball bat.
P.S. My previous statement had a grammatical error:
“Stupid to hit the manager. He’s more ‘unkosher’ than the meat.”
I meant the attacker was more unkosher, etc.
Almost like: “I threw my mother out of the window, the keys.” (Ha! It’s Adar after all!)
Plump Weiner
I don’t know who wrote this piece but kudos on the underlying tone of humor and sarcasm, this story is absurd, I’m glad a chance to mock it wasn’t passed up.
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Wrote and deleted before I posted…
Another loud clear message to all Mashgichim, store owners, Mosdos with kitchen etc. etc. NEVER to trust their non-Jewish employees for one split second!
Check and check again… Lubavitch girls by Shluchim who were nichshal in Cholov Akum because the Shliach thought he could trust the cook!
As for this story, check http://vidyid.com/wp-conten… A statement from the Rabbonim who provide the Hechsher.
proud sis
There is a halacha that we can’t eat meat that was Nellam Mehayin and handled by a gentile unless there are two safeguards / seals. No wonder.
The owner could have confirmed that the employee purchased the right things. Didn’t he ask for a receipt?
Proper Link
http://vidyid.com/wp-conten…
Yitzy
Didn’t the Rabbi who gives the Hechsher send out a statement about the case and how A) no one ate even one non kosher Hotdog and B) explained how it was indeed a mistake..with the brother in-law who just came from Israel etc.
in that case I would make sure to go there just to support them since there are probably too many people who just like to cause fights
Micha-el
I Keep Kosher, keep the sabbath,and all Jewish Torah appointed times. But I would be considered GOY by many and I disapprove of what this restaurant owner did.But what about what Rabbi Sheldon D. Goldsmith which certifies Clabber Girl (Royal Jello)as Kosher when its made from pork. You wont drink a bottle of wine which has been touched by a GOY, but it’s ok to certify Jello made from pork and no one says anything about Rabbi Sheldon’s certifying pork made jello. Oops Lashon Hara.
Letter of certification. You can down load it
http://www.clabbergirl.com/…