Finger Food: Man Loses Digit During Washington Heights Bar Fight

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Police are searching for a man accused of biting off part of a man's finger during a bar fight in Washington Heights, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

The bloody brawl occurred early Sunday morning around 1 a.m. at Caridad Restaurant on West 181st Street near Audubon Avenue, police said. The victim, 46-year-old Juan Rivas, had a few drinks while talking to an unidentified man before the two started fighting, police said.

During the scuffle, the man bit off Rivas' middle finger from the knuckle to the tip, police told Patch. Rivas was treated for his injuries at Columbia University Medical Center, police said.

Police told Patch that the alleged finger-biter most likely works at a nearby restaurant and is still at large, police told Patch.

Photo by Google Maps street view