Slutty Vegan founder’s Bentley stolen in front of new Ga. restaurant

ATLANTA, Ga. - Pinky Cole, the founder of the acclaimed hamburger chain Slutty Vegan, said her luxury SUV was stolen in front of her new restaurant earlier this week.

Cole celebrated the opening of Voagies, a vegan hoagie restaurant at Slutty Vegan’s original location off Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard, on Saturday.

But on Sunday, wide-eyed customers watched as three men jumped into the black Bentley Bentayga and drove away in broad daylight, Cole said on Instagram.

“We can’t catch a break, but you know, God is still good,” she said in her video taken at the scene.

An Atlanta Police Department incident report states the theft happened shortly after 6 p.m.

Cole’s husband was driving the car at the time, and he got out to greet people when the three suspects came up to the car on electric scooters and took off towards I-20, the report states. The report also states the car was left running and her husband tried to go after the car before it sped away.

Cole asked her wide-reaching fan base to keep an eye out for the car, and somebody sent her a video of parts that had been stripped from the vehicle, the restaurateur said on Monday.

Police said they got a tip that the car was seen at an auto shop on Howell Mill Road.

Cole’s port and wallet were found, but other items, including her laptop and a bookbag with personal items, are still missing.

Cole said she doesn’t believe the attack was targeted, but warns the thieves to correct their mistake.

“If you are listening to this and you stole my car, you can’t go really far with this vehicle, because the whole (of) Atlanta is talking about this right now,” she said. “It’s in your best interest to drop this car off somewhere and just send me an anonymous DM, and we can leave it at that.”

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