N.J. restaurant at center of David Brooks’ viral $78 Newark Airport meal running $17.78 special

David Brooks and Maurice Hallett

New York Times columnist David Brooks (pictured in 2015), left, and Maurice Hallett, owner of Smokehouse BBQ at Newark Airport and 1911 Smoke House Barbeque in Trenton, which is now running a Brooks-inspired special.Robert A. Tobiansky | Getty Images; Courtesy of Maurice Hallett

When Maurice Hallett first saw David Brooks’ viral post, he had a question.

“Man, I wonder where he ate at??”

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