NY woman resorts to baseball bat after beef patty not available

[left-of-center2012]

"Where's the beef?"

A woman who couldn't get a beef patty at a favorite New York eatery used a baseball bat in protest. On Saturday, police released surveillance video of the woman in action in the Bronx — smashing a restaurant's windows after learning the eatery had run out of her favorite food.

Police say the woman at the Back Home restaurant in the Morrisania neighborhood came in on the afternoon of Jan. 15 and ordered a patty. She was told they'd run out, and she got upset. Authorities say she left and came back to the Jamaican restaurant with the bat. The video shows a woman bashing in two windows. She fled and police were still searching for her on Saturday.

The video shows a woman dressed in a black and white jacket and matching sneakers, swinging a multi-colored aluminum bat as bystanders tried to stop her before she walked away. No one was injured during the incident.

The Back Home restaurant in the Morrisania neighborhood is a simple, affordable spot that offers Jamaican specialties like curry goat and oxtail, drawing people from around the city.

http://www.newser.com/article/dc816ea0a8e34e6989c0adcf26036664/ny-woman-resorts-to-baseball-bat-after-patty-not-available.html

[MineralMan]

1. Here's a Jamaican beef patty

Maybe short for "pasty."

[left-of-center2012]

4. Yep

I became 'addicted' to them after two weeks living in the mountains of Jamaica with a local family.
Fortunately I was able to find & buy them upon returning to Hartford, CT

I don't know where I'd find them now in Albuquerque.

[MineralMan]

7. Try Empanadas from a local Mexican restaurant.

Different flavors, but still good.

[left-of-center2012]

12. been there ... done that

[Dave Starsky]

21. Taste of the Caribbean on Central by UNM has them. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

23. Thanks

I'll check it out

[malaise]

10. The irony here is that GoldenKrust one block away

had lots of patties - so I have been told. That said I only eat one brand of patty and I eat chiicken, seafood or vegi as I don't eat red meat.

[edhopper]

27. Golden Krust is pretty good

maybe not as good as this Mom and Pop place. But it should have satisfied her.

[malaise]

28. I've never eaten any New York Ja patties

but the Yardies say that Golden Krust is not what it was when the original owner was at the helm.

[edhopper]

29. Could be

it's been a few years.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. That looks delicious

Your cruel to post this. Cruel I tell ya.

[malaise]

2. As I saw beef patty

I laughed because I just knew a Jamaican was involved here. She needs her meds.

[HipChick]

3. Lmao!....I ain't saying..

she's right, but I do understand...

[malaise]

5. We can both picture dis one

bad words and all

[winstars]

17. Hey Malaise, I guess she didn't believe them when the said "Pattys soon come"... LOL

[malaise]

18. Literally

[MineralMan]

6. I think every culture makes something like that.

And I like them all. Hand pies, empanadas, peirogies, pasties, calzones...savory or sweet, they're always good to eat.

[HipChick]

8. have to disagree

ain't nothing like a JA patty made well

[MineralMan]

9. They're all different, but the idea is the same.

Pastry with a meat filling. Yum!

[malaise]

11. There are many varieties in the Caribbean

but none touch the Jamaican one

[MineralMan]

31. You may be biased, you know.

I've eaten many different varieties of the same concept. German/Russian Bierocks, Empanadas, Perogies of all sorts, Cornish Pasties, Hand Pies from various places. They're all good. Each reflects the cuisine of its culture, and has the flavors of that culture. They're all lunch you can carry in your jacket or coat pocket to eat later.

[malaise]

32. Not at all

Trust me on that

[MineralMan]

33. Well, we're just going to have to come there

and find out, I guess. When our ship comes in, we'll get on it and go.

[jpak]

13. ...

[Vinca]

14. LOL - one of the best commercials ever.

Although my favorite will always be the Geico camel and hump day.

[left-of-center2012]

15. Mike ... Muke ... Mike

[whistler162]

16. Must have just moved up from her home state

of Florida and hasn't had time to deFloridiaphi,

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. Actually you probably have it the wrong way around.

Given that so many of the “wacky Florida” stories involve transplants from New York.

Or, you know, there’s the fact that crazy people are everywhere.

[cwydro]

19. Matching sneakers and jacket!

Yeah, I always try to coordinate my sneakers with my outerwear!

[Takket]

22. She seems well grounded and reasonable

[Downtown Hound]

24. Well, maybe they should have given her her damn beef patty

Just kidding, folks.

[ornotna]

25. All that for a beef patty? Absurd.

Now, if they were out of the curried goat I would understand.