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"Known for a viral Jamaican beef patty filled with oxtail and macaroni, Josh Dat has turned that item into a breakout success expected to earn him more than $1 million this year; his second location, opening on the Lower East Side in October, will have the same menu as the original Hollis shop but a layout more like a Subway sandwich shop than a neighborhood bodega, and Dat acknowledges that 'nothing is going to be able to imitate the original.'" - Melissa McCart