Rihanna and Chris
Brown's recent controversial "Birthday Cake" song now feels tame
compared to another food-associated tie-in for the former couple.
On Friday, Chops
& Hops restaurant in Watkinsville, Ga made the pop singers an item on its
weekly celebrity-themed special of the day. Their burger is called the
Caribbean Black and Bleu Sandwich.
In a posting on
the Chops & Hops Facebook and Twitter pages, executive chef and owner
Richard Miley, makes a correlation to the sandwich and Brown's 2009 assault on
Rihanna: "Chris Brown won't beat you up for eating this unless your name starts
with a R and end with A."
The sandwich
prompted coverage from major news outlets and received mixed reaction online.
Ricky Roberts said
he was shocked by the promotion. "I really can't believe this," he
wrote on Chops & Hops's Facebook page. "Making light of domestic
violence to sell a damn sandwich!"
L. Antionette,
however, found the joke funny. "Lol some restaurant made a burger after
Chris Brown and Rihanna. Called the 'Caribbean Black & Bleu'
cleverrrrrr," she wrote on her Twitter page.
Miley, who came up
with the theme and made the postings on the company's social media pages, said
he was just calling attention to Rihanna's troubles with Brown.
"I was just
trying to shed light," he said in an exclusive interview. "It
happened and she's trying to get back with him? If they can talk about it and
joke about it on late night television shows and make millions of dollars, I
don't see why I can't; and I'm no comedian."
Since Miley began
the promotion six weeks ago, he's created sandwiches named after Paula Deen,
Snooki, Britney Spears, Pee-Wee Herman, and Whitney Houston. Each has had a
controversial theme.
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The Paula Deen
sandwich, called Paula Deen's Type 2, made light of the famous chef's health
issues and featured bacon, fried green tomato, pickled okra and deep fried
honey butter. In the Facebook post, Miley joked that the sandwich could put you
in a "diabetic coma."
The Britney Spears
sandwich was called a Hot Mess Of A Celebrity. But the Whitney Houston sandwich
was arguably most trite. The Whitney Houston was a grilled turkey sandwich on
rye with raspberry chipotle barbecue sauce, spinach, tomato, ossau-iraty
cheese, sea salt and powdered sugar.
While Miley stands
by his decision to have fun with the menu, he now admits that the powdered
sugar topping on the Houston sandwich was offensive.
"It wasn't
the best choice that I made," he said. "But it was a good sandwich.
We had people calling in for to go sandwiches. It should of been more
complimentary of Whitney Houston."
Miley said the
intent behind the celeb sandwiches was harmless and just a way to have fun.
"I love food," he said.
The idea was
conceived by Miley and his friend Todd Sturts, who writes food review blog,
Tasting Tampa.
"I didn't see
this coming," he said. "I did not expect the reaction."
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