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Kenneth Bone, Who 'Rose from the Ashes' of Debate, Inspires Pizza Specials

By Gwynne Hogan | October 11, 2016 9:44am
 Ken Bone inspired specials at Vinny's Pizzeria in Williamsburg Monday.
Ken Bone inspired specials at Vinny's Pizzeria in Williamsburg Monday.
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Kenneth Bone, the red-sweater wearing audience member in Sunday's debate who captured the hearts and minds of Americans across the country and became an internet celebrity overnight, has been memorialized in pasta sauce and mozzarella.

Vinny's Pizzeria in Williamsburg, which brought you the pizza on a pizza, the pizza box pizza and Lucky Charms pizza, has created a Bone-inspired specials menu.

On Monday the menu featured Penneth Bone (penne with ground beef and marinara sauce), Provobone (provolone, mozzarella, artichoke hearts and Portobello mushrooms), and Chicken Bone (spicy breaded chicken wings).

"This cute, little chubby guy...He was kind of in everybody's brain," said co-owner of Vinny's Pizzeria Sean Berthiaume, who added that Bone-themed specials had been a hit throughout the day Monday.

"The debate was just kind of a train wreck," Berthiaume, 35, said. "He just kind of rose from the ashes and captured everyone's imagination."

He added that he wanted to, "celebrate the only positive thing that happened [that] night."