A network of radical vegans has engaged in a widespread covert takeover of steakhouses throughout the country, drugging and indoctrinating owners and staff and transforming the restaurants into bastions of veganism.
In March of 2019, Margaret and Joseph Huddleston of White Plains, New York went to Ike’s Steakhouse for the Tuesday Night Prime Rib Special as they always did. They were presented with a new menu which featured vegan tri-tip, prime ribeye, filet minon, t-bone and porterhouse steaks. When they demanded to see the owner, Ike Ricci, he was brought out by unfamiliar servers in what they described as “a drug-induced stupor” and “flatly recited vegan philosophy as if by rote” before being dragged off by the servers.
The couple reported the incident to law enforcement authorities and a subsequent raid netted a high value vegan operative who has since flipped and provided an inside look at the nation-wide operation. The captive said that the taking of steakhouses, which he referred to as “carnivore cathedrals,” was an attempt to ignite the revolution against meat eating “from inside the belly of the beast.”
Authorities said that while some of the vegan bands that have commandeered steak houses have changed the menus and aggressively promoted vegan philosophy, others have simply served vegan steaks to unwitting customers with the hopes of quietly winning them over to meatless alternatives. Customers who suspect their steakhouse has been taken over by vegans are encouraged to contact local police or the USDA Special Investigations Unit.