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Inside Iconic NYC Restaurant Where Vegetarian Politician Secretly Ate Steak, Naomi Campbell Made Off-Menu Demand
New York Post ^ | April 17, 2025 | Leah Bitsky and Tori Schneebaum

Posted on 04/17/2025 12:19:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A famously meat-free New York City politician secretly devoured a succulent steak inside the ultra-private upper-level room of Midtown’s beloved Benjamin Steakhouse Prime. “That means our steak is so good that even vegetarians cannot refuse,” restaurant owner Benjamin Prelvukaj said while taking Page Six on an exclusive tour of his storied Manhattan establishments.

“I saw with my own eyes,” Prelvujak added of the elected official cheating on his supposed herbivorous habits. While the identity of the politico was not confirmed, some New York-area politicians who maintain a vegetarian or vegan diet include New York Sen. Brian Kavanagh, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and New York Mayor Eric Adams.

The restaurateur — an Albanian immigrant who kicked off his career as a busboy at the renowned Peter Luger Steakhouse — reminisced about the many iconic celebrity moments that have unfolded in the same hidden space overlooking the upscale eatery’s main dining room.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: albanian; breatharian; naomicampbell; newyorkcitysteak; politician; restaurants; vegan; vegetarian

1 posted on 04/17/2025 12:19:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

“politician secretly devoured a succulent steak”

GUARANTEED he didn’t pay for it.


2 posted on 04/17/2025 12:25:14 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Organic Panic

I guess it doesn’t count if you don’t pay for it.


3 posted on 04/17/2025 12:26:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Charles Manson was rumored to leave Spahn Ranch to a steak house getting some real food every couple weeks or so. The hippie vegetarian dumpster diving scene wasn’t really so groovy, apparently.


4 posted on 04/17/2025 12:27:59 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: nickcarraway

Seems like an Adams sort of thing.

De Blasio imposed meatless Mondays on public school students, but I don’t think he attempted to claim purity there for himself.


5 posted on 04/17/2025 12:33:00 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nickcarraway

Does anyone else find this tendency to stick our noses into other people’s private lives creepy?


6 posted on 04/17/2025 12:38:46 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: nickcarraway

Founded in 2006? My favorite steakhouse, Peter Luger, opened in 1887.


7 posted on 04/17/2025 12:44:08 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this the Bee? Or just a spectacular series of unrelated coincidences, which happen to mirror reality?

Honestly, you cannot possibly make this kind of crap up.


8 posted on 04/17/2025 12:49:08 PM PDT by alloysteel ( Divergence is not at all the same thing as diversity.)
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To: nickcarraway

Why do vegetarians like to kill plants? Don’t they have a right to live? Potatoes have eyes!

Evil killers!

😉


9 posted on 04/17/2025 12:59:45 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: nickcarraway

I only eat vegan animals.


10 posted on 04/17/2025 1:07:28 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump is back.)
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To: Rennes Templar
I only eat vegan animals.

Red Foreman, looking at a bowl of rice and veggies: "That's not FOOD! That's what food EATS!"

11 posted on 04/17/2025 1:32:09 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE fSPEECH! )
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To: Fledermaus

I went through that years ago, I didnt even want to take the suckers off tomato plants or trim hedges etc, then God fixed my way of thinking more toward His.


12 posted on 04/17/2025 3:50:25 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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13 posted on 04/17/2025 4:26:40 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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$1,000 Tartare at Benjamin Steakhouse, With three New York locations plus an outpost in Japan,

Benjamin Steakhouse offers a steal of a lunch special ($39 for three courses, including a prime New York sirloin), but the star of the show here isn't for bargain hunters. The $1,000 Tartare lives up to its luxurious name, including tuna toro, California Gold uni, Alaska king crab, osetra caviar, wagyu beef, foie gras, black truffles, an Opus One wine reduction and, to top it all off, edible-gold leaves.

14 posted on 04/17/2025 5:28:37 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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