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A moustachioed man who has allegedly been skipping out on restaurant bills around Calgary had his last feed of wings Thursday afternoon before being arrested.

Amanda Zoschke, assistant general manager at the Original Joe’s Restaurant and Bar at 15 Sunpark Plaza S.E., said a man in a black cowboy hat moseyed into that establishment Thursday afternoon.

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He ordered wings and had several pints of beer before a patron at the restaurant brought him to the staff’s attention.

“A guest that was sitting at the bar recognized him from a Facebook post that was shared to him an hour earlier,” said Zoschke.

He showed that post to staff, who made a call to the Calgary police non-emergency line.

He said, ‘Oh, I guess no one is coming for my birthday.” Amamda Zoschke

“There’s a cop station right across the street from us, so they sent someone over right away,” she said.

Zoschke said the cowboy didn’t have any roses this time around — something he’s said to have carried with him in other cases — but he did begin to tell a story he had reportedly told at other Calgary restaurants.