The New York Times columnist faced questions and memes after he said his $78 bill at Newark Airport was “why Americans think the economy is terrible.”
in 2022 that they were cracking down on high prices for food and drinks at the region’s airports, saying that vendors can’t charge more than “street prices,” or what people would pay outside the airport, plus 10 percent.
.” Rock’s character in the film asks for one rib and a sip of Coke, and Hallett has made that exact combo available on his menu for $2.15.But when Hallett initially saw Brooks’s post, the restaurant owner wondered where the columnist was eating. It didn’t take him long to realize the Brooks was talking about 1911 Smoke House Barbeque.
Others did too, unleashing a wave of memes based on Brooks’s two-sentence post. Some of the more amusing takes on Brooks’s post included a photo of Bruce Springsteen pointing at a hot dog, and a clip of comedian Tim Robinson ordering enough food to feed a couple football teams in the Netflix series “I Think You Should Leave.”
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