Big Shot Bob’s poor choice
A Pittsburgh chicken-wing restaurant has apologized for naming one of its spicy flavors “Black-on-Black Crime.” Matt Cercone, owner of Big Shot Bob’s restaurant, says he has been deluged by “threatening phone calls,” but claims that the wing flavor was named by a loyal, African-American customer. “If I had any idea this would happen, it wouldn’t have gotten on our menu.”
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