Keith Lee needed to finish his journey to Oakland, California, abruptly. The favored social media influencer and meals critic used TikTok to announce he left town early because of the space’s poor circumstances.
“Sadly, the Bay Space cease on the Keith Lee household meals tour is formally over, prematurely,” Lee mentioned. “We’re going to get straight into it. Let’s discuss it. Earlier than we get into that, I simply wish to say from the underside of my coronary heart, that I recognize each single each single bit of affection. The individuals of The Bay had been wonderful. I’ll always remember the hospitality and love y’all confirmed me.”
Lee mentioned he doesn’t imagine the Bay Space is a spot for vacationers proper now.
“The individuals in The Bay are simply specializing in surviving,” Lee mentioned. “That’s enterprise house owners and locals. The quantities of tents [and] dwelling buildings and burnt-up automobiles that we noticed individuals dwelling in was surprising, to say the least. Earlier than we went, individuals had been evaluating it to Gotham Metropolis. Now, I may not agree, however I perceive the place it’s coming from.”
He mentioned Oakland was the primary metropolis the place he had over six movies that he wasn’t capable of put up.
“Nothing about my expertise was constructive,” Lee mentioned. “Nothing that I mentioned was constructive. I’ve all the time been huge on honesty, I’ve all the time been huge on transparency, however I’ve by no means been huge on tearing down anyone. I really feel like in these six movies, I solely did that.”
The meals expertise was so powerful for Lee, that one of many eating places despatched him to the hospital when he had an allergic response.
“This restaurant, particularly, cooked a plethora of meats, together with shellfish,” Lee mentioned. “My household particularly requested in the event that they cooked it on the identical grill, they usually mentioned, ‘Sure,’ however they’ll clear it. The second I ate it, I blew up like a balloon. I needed to get some steroids and a few allergy drugs and it cleared proper up. But it surely was a well being concern, nonetheless, and that was one more reason we determined to go residence.”
He mentioned lots of the in style eating places already had lengthy strains, and his primary motive is to carry consideration to good native spots that don’t have essentially the most foot visitors. He did have one good restaurant expertise the place he left a $2,000 tip.
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