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Photo: Crown Heights Restaurant Tries To Lure Customers With Stop & Frisk "Humor"
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Lauren Evans
Published Aug 6, 2014
Modified Aug 7, 2014
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Published Aug 6, 2014
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In attempt to be "topical" and "edgy," Crown Heights restaurant Chop Chop Grub Shop on Nostrand Avenue has pissed a few people off with its suggestion that passersby "stop and frisk their appetite."
Aside from its obvious poor taste, the sign is also just...confusing? What are the mechanics behind "frisking" an appetite? Why would anyone...want that?
Suffice it to say no one is amused.
(h/t Brokelyn)
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