A fake account wore their name. Next Stop Vegan showed the city its real face

For nearly ten years, Next Stop Vegan has cooked Caribbean vegan food in Brooklyn Heights. This month its owners went public with something quieter operators usually swallow. They say someone built a fake Reddit account in the restaurant's name and used it to steer a crowd that was already primed to distrust them. Impersonation is not criticism. Anonymity is not accountability. We stand with the operator.