A niche internet celebrity famous for his competitive eating got cut off during an all-you-can-fish-fry at a local restaurant and posted it on YouTube. 

Joel Hansen, a YouTube star with 260 million views and more subscribers than the population of Seattle, visited The Roost in January. 

“He literally ate us out of our fish fry,” said Owner Ralph Skrzypczak. “Thank goodness, he showed up on Wednesday and we were able to restock before our unlimited Fish Fry Fridays.”   

Hansen finally released his 40-minute video recorded at The Roost Saturday. It’s already grabbed a quarter million views. 

Brian Petersheim Jr., Reporter
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