Keith Lee Explains Why He Cut His Bay Area Food Tour Short, Says It’s Not a Place for Tourists

Social media meals influencer Keith Lee needed to finish his Bay Area meals tour prematurely after a disturbing chain of occasions.

For the previous a number of months, the TikToker and his kinfolk have been going metropolis to metropolis reviewing eating places, a lot of that are small and struggling to get prospects. His excursions have introduced quite a few eateries waves of enterprise. Nonetheless, as he defined in a TikTok, his go to to the Bay Area was a lot much less productive. In response to Lee, the socioeconomic state of the area doesn’t make it “a place for tourists right now.” He shared that he and his household witnessed a stunning variety of individuals residing in tents and vehicles, making it difficult to justify joyfully doing meals critiques.

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Additionally, Lee shared that the meals he and his household acquired was underwhelming. In a single case, he even suffered an allergic response to the meals, which resulted in a quick hospitalization whereas within the space. Lee, who’s severely allergic to shellfish, was advised {that a} grill at one eatery can be cleaned earlier than his meal was ready to keep away from contact with the earlier shellfish cooked on the grill. Sadly, this didn’t occur, leaving him with a terrifying medical emergency.

The favored content material creator, who has attracted tens of millions of followers, shared that a lot of the meals he was capable of get was not good typically. For that reason, he avoided sharing the movies he did make, not wanting to talk poorly in regards to the companies.

“I’ve always been big on honesty, I’ve always been big on transparency, but I’ve never been big on completely tearing down anybody, and I feel like those videos are doing that,” Lee defined.

In closing, Lee thanked those that made his expertise pleasing, even when it was lower quick.

“The people of the Bay were absolutely amazing. And I’ll never forget the hospitality and the love that y’all showed me,” he stated.

It’s unclear when and if there will probably be one other cease after the disastrous Bay Area cease.