 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A controversial dessert name at the Phunky Elephant bar and restaurant has been removed from the menu after residents called the item offensive and insensitive. The Rosebank restaurant's "Roofie Colada" dessert — with whipped cream, coffee ice cream and vanilla vodka — was a nod to the comedy of Fox's "Family Guy" animated series. "Even with all that whipped cream you can't make a rape joke palatable," wrote Lauren Marie Cappello on the restaurant's Facebook review page. We treat our guests with the utmost respect and we are always open to feedback to make our restaurant a welcoming and comfortable place with a touch of humor and quirkiness,” the message reads “ 
 
 “We certainly did not intend to create an impression of reckless or negligent behavior by presenting the desert at question to our guests nor did we mean to make anyone feel uncomfortable or insulted. http://t.co/1tKOMdxzyC pic.twitter.com/S7noMYHiaZ — Ilyssa Silfen (@IlyssaSilfen) June 15, 2014 
 
 The dessert has been on the menu since the summer, appearing after the episode when the joke originally aired. Ilyssa Silfen, a patron who dined at the restaurant called out the restaurant on their Facebook page and received what she called a flip response: 
 
 “For the record, you know that there aren't any 'date rape' drugs in this dessert, right?" the Facebook response from The Phunky Elephant stated. "Just to be clear because I think you're taking this a little too far." "This desert name was simply a homage to an adult cartoon and there was no malice," the statement read. "We obviously do not support date rape or any sort of violence for that matter. We humbly apologize if we have offended anyone and we appreciate the community around us and its awareness toward the cause." A New York restaurant has a pulled a dessert called ‘Roofie Colada’ from its menu after angry backlash over social media.
– Family Guy humor works on the Family Guy, but not, apparently, on a drinks' menu. A Staten Island bar and restaurant has retired its "Roofie Colada" and apologized to patrons offended by what they saw as a date-rape joke, reports Fox News. The Phunky Elephant put the vokda and kahlua drink on the menu over the summer as a salute to the animated show, whose character Quaqmire is known to order it for his dates. Complaints began surfacing in person and online, but the restaurant initially shrugged them off, reports Staten Island Live. "For the record, you know that there aren't any 'date rape' drugs in this dessert, right?" went one Facebook reply from the restaurant a while back. But with criticism gathering social-media steam, Patricia Gaja pulled the drink and said it would be renamed. "We certainly did not intend to create an impression of reckless or negligent behavior," she wrote. "Nor did we mean to make anyone feel uncomfortable or insulted."