{"id":277624,"date":"2026-06-25T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/277624\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:10:15","slug":"ravens-lamar-jackson-enjoys-a-loaded-nyc-bodega-ocky-way-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/277624\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens&#8217; Lamar Jackson enjoys a loaded NYC bodega &#8220;Ocky Way&#8217; creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 24, 2026, 9:55 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It&#8217;s no secret that <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> fans have grown accustomed to Lamar Jackson doing extraordinary things. Usually, those moments happen on football fields. Sometimes, however, they occur in much more ordinary settings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Just this spring and summer alone, <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/06\/11\/lamar-jackson-knicks-fans-new-york-city-nba-finals-ravens\/90505922007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the two-time NFL MVP was recently seen on The Big Apple&#8217;s streets<\/a>. He hung out with fans and took pictures during the <a data-autotag=\"8b753024-9401-4cc8-9e23-5a6cdca0282d\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-york-knicks\/18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Knicks<\/a>&#8216; run to glory. He recently picked up a TikTok shift. This time around, he&#8217;s making the rounds on social media for doing the most basic of human activities. He grabbed lunch, and as you might expect, the cameras were rolling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For those unfamiliar with the phrase &#8220;The Ocky Way&#8221;, it&#8217;s become popular through social media and refers to the over-the-top style of making a &#8220;chopped cheese sandwich the Ocky way&#8221;, which refers to a heavily customized version of the classic New York City bodega sandwich. Made famous by viral social media videos, it takes a traditional chopped cheese and adds wild ingredients like hash browns, mozzarella sticks, bacon, and spicy sauces, all folded into a toasted Jamaican beef patty instead of a regular hero roll. ]The meals are usually loaded with extra ingredients, creative combinations, and plenty of personality. In other words, they&#8217;re difficult to ignore. The same can be said about the <a data-autotag=\"6f9d8950-4e8a-4277-ba96-ee5ce9eb842e\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ravens<\/a>&#8216; QB1. Jackson&#8217;s version didn&#8217;t include a sandwich, but did include Doritos, French Fries, a special sauce and plenty of bacon.<\/p>\n<p>Fame certainly hasn&#8217;t changed Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Professional athletes often become increasingly guarded as their fame grows. That&#8217;s understandable. Constant attention can become exhausting. Jackson has largely resisted that trend, and here&#8217;s proof. A casual lunch run turned into another memorable fan interaction. For Jackson, it was simply a chance to grab a bite to eat. For the fans who crossed paths with him, it became a story they&#8217;ll likely tell for years. Whether Lamar Jackson is posing for photos, signing autographs, chatting with supporters, or simply enjoying a day in public, he often seems genuinely appreciative of the people who support him. Those interactions have become a recurring theme throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ravens fans have seen it countless times. NFL fans outside Baltimore have noticed too. Those qualities don&#8217;t show up in box scores. They won&#8217;t help him complete a pass or evade a pass rush. They do, however, explain why Jackson remains one of the NFL&#8217;s most popular players. Not every superstar makes people feel like they&#8217;re meeting an old friend. Lamar Jackson has built a reputation for doing exactly that, and that reputation grows with each passing interaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 24, 2026, 9:55 p.m. ET It&#8217;s no secret that Baltimore Ravens fans have grown accustomed to Lamar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[679,9,24,55,54,56,106719,42135,42136,948,3718,1935,1943,1334,950,690,4499,932,947,1328,949,18952,682],"class_list":["post-277624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-sourceravens-wire","tag-sstssportsnflravens","tag-sstsnravens","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","tag-taglamar-jackson","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york","tag-tagnew-york-knicks","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtiktok","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}