The restaurant behind David Brooks’s viral $78 Newark Airport meal is serving the same burger dish for just $17.78

If you want to dine David Brooks-style, a New Jersey restaurant is letting you do so — for a far cheaper price. In a now-viral post on X (formerly known as Twitter,) the New York Times columnist carped about spending $78 to eat at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The meal included burger, fries and what appeared to be a sizable pour of whiskey. Now, Maurice Hallett, proprietor of the airport eatery, Smokehouse BBQ, is offering the same combo for the low cost of $17.78 — yes, with...