--- title: Lizard Head in Kale Salad at New York Deli Guy and Gallard description: A woman reportedly found a lizard head in her kale salad, the New York Post reports. canonical: https://time.com/21484/everybody-panic-new-york-woman-claims-she-found-a-lizard-head-in-a-kale-salad/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-12T16:12:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:43.294Z og:title: This Photo of a Lizard Head Found in a Salad Is Enough to Make You Never Want to Eat Kale Again og:description: Lunch hour drama even attracts the attention of R.L. 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When she saw the foreign object in the leafy greens, [she reportedly thought](http://nypost.com/2014/03/11/lizard-head-found-in-salad-from-midtown-deli/), “‘Oh, is that a piece of asparagus?’ And then I saw that it had eyes, and an arm.” She sent the salad back to the deli, which refunded her purchase, according to the [Post](http://nypost.com/2014/03/11/lizard-head-found-in-salad-from-midtown-deli/). In a statement, Guy & Gallard managing partner Jason Jeffries said, “We consistently receive good food inspection scores, and we are currently looking into this issue.” Her story even gave mystery author R.L. Stine _goosebumps_: True Horror: NYC woman finds lizard head in her salad. — R.L. Stine (@RL\_Stine) [March 12, 2014](https://twitter.com/RL%5FStine/status/443756107186851841?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) _This story has been updated to include a statement from Guy & Gallard._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21484/everybody-panic-new-york-woman-claims-she-found-a-lizard-head-in-a-kale-salad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21484/everybody-panic-new-york-woman-claims-she-found-a-lizard-head-in-a-kale-salad/"},"headline":"Everybody Panic: New York Woman Claims She Found a Lizard Head in a Kale Salad","datePublished":"2014-03-12T16:12:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:43.294Z","description":"Lunch hour drama even attracts the attention of R.L. Stine","url":"https://time.com/21484/everybody-panic-new-york-woman-claims-she-found-a-lizard-head-in-a-kale-salad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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