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Keith Lee flies out to see why the Georgia restaurant is having problems
Keith Lee is helping out one other family-owned restaurant together with his latest food review. Lee went to Tacos Y Mariscos Ofelia in Warner Robins, Georgia to advertise and provides advice to small businesses.
Lee returned to the Peach State after a TikTok video of a family restaurant struggling to survive went viral. In the video, the owners described the difficult moments that they had recently experienced.
@keith_lee125 #stitch with taste test @Tacosymariscosofelia Tacos Y Marisco Ofelia 💕 would you are attempting it? 💕 #foodcritic ♬ original sound – Keith Lee
“It’s very difficult for us to stay open. We just reopened yesterday after being closed for two weeks and almost no one came. Please come and help. We are a small Mexican restaurant specializing in birria,” they shared on TikTok.
Seeing that the video was going viral on the social media app, Lee headed to the area. He drove about 100 miles south of Atlanta to review the restaurant and get some information.
“When my family and I saw this movie for the second time, we booked a two-hour flight and drove two hours from the airport to try this food and see for ourselves why (business) is slow,” Lee said.
Lee described his experience eating at a Mexican restaurant that claims to focus on birria. He noted that the entire family helped with the surgeries, including the teenage children.
In his criticism, Lee also stated that the restaurant’s location in a small town in Georgia, marketing efforts, and the younger family working there can have contributed to its dismal success so far. Despite this, he rated most of the food an “8 out of 10”, meaning the meals weren’t an issue.
The charity influencer also donated money to the family to cover the rent for the next three months.
“We met the whole family and paid another three months of rent. So they don’t have to worry about staying open for now… We left $900 to pay whoever comes after us,” the content creator explained. “As always, I pray after this and hope that they reach their intended audience.”
Thanks to the additional funds, courtesy of Lee, customers were able to dine at the restaurant free of charge.