Menu Check From Subway Perv Chef
Would you eat raw food made by this man?
“I’ll have a large nut milk.” That’s a phrase you may not hear much anymore at Quintessence, the mini-chain of raw-food restaurants, now that its co-owner–chef, Dan Hoyt, has been arrested for public lewdness on the subway (he was caught on a cell-phone camera, apparently masturbating, by a quick-thinking victim). Along with nut milk—described as a “silky blend of soaked nuts (for easy digestion)”—other suddenly unappetizing menu items from his restaurants include the “chipotle hand roll,” the “young coconut shake,” and something called “Peters Pot.” Can you get the “ ‘shrimp’ stick” with “special sauce”? Er, no thanks.
—Faye Penn

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