of a view of all the protesters and while protesters were flabbergasted and deeply offended by chef hunters actions diners were more amused and moved by the protest saying it only made them want to eat there more chef michael hunter's antler restaurant focuses on local seasonal and wild food such as forage leaks and mushrooms as well as bison boar rabbit duck india and a quick look at their menu actually shows far more vegan and vegetarian options that most meat focused a south will smith i've been in so i wonder responded via e-mail to the toronto star stating quote these protests are not unusual for the restaurant industry and therefore we're not surprised by the actions of protesters we are operating business as usual our identity as a restaurant is well known throughout the city as is our ethical farming and foraging initiatives we stand by our restaurants identity and the identity of myself as a chef which leads me to wonder if the factory farmed pigs cows and chickens might be worth the fight if they were meant to run in a field like deer so hawk archer's let me ask you what just unde