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How LATRYGUY Got More Than He Bargained for at the Heart Attack Grill

3 min readMar 28, 2025

A testament to a diet that kills

Photo of the Heart Attack Grill
Photo by Alexander Blecher, (Wikipedia)

The hubby was channel surfing when he landed on popular Alex Cottrell, AKA LATRYGUY’s YouTube channel. He’s a transplant from Arkansas who quit his sales job a couple of years ago in Hollywood to become a food critic. Ahem, a hood food critic.

He started in LA, expanded to other big cities. With loads of charisma, he travels city to city to taste test what the streets promise is a can’t miss as a foodie.

Fast food is his main genre; soul food, barbeque, burgers, tacos, fried chicken, pastrami sandwiches, Asian to Brazilian cuisine — anything known to spike cholesterol levels.

He’s fun to watch, especially if you live or have lived in LA and know the locations of these eating joints. His cousin, couso, joins in as his cameraman, big sidekick, and taster. I’m on the late freight as I’ve never heard of this place before.

Upon entering the hospital themed Heart Attack Grill, customers are required to choose a hospital gown because if you eat like this every day, or even once a week, your chances of ending up in a hospital increase exponentially. You’re warned if you can’t finish…

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Toya Qualls-Barnette
Toya Qualls-Barnette

Written by Toya Qualls-Barnette

3x published author in Chicken Soup for the Soul | Writing about the impact of relationships | Dreamer | Mother| HSP in drag

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