*A Dallas catering company is being harassed after being mistaken for a local restaurant reviewed by popular TikToker Keith Lee.
According to the Dallas Morning News, the owners of Seasoned Street Food are speaking out after receiving a slew of negative reviews from people mistaking it for the Dallas food truck Sweetly Seasoned.
It all started when Lee visited Sweetly Seasoned and gave a $4000 tip. He told the owner to divide the money evenly among employees, but she allegedly kept it all to herself.
When word spread about this, Lee’s loyal supporters took action but misdirected their fury at the wrong people. Seasoned Street Food got caught up in the mess, and its Google page is being hit with one-star reviews.
“We live and die by our reviews, and a one-star review is really damaging,” Seasoned Street Food owner Jonathan Evola explained to the Dallas Morning Sun. “Someone who might want us to cater their wedding, if they see negative reviews for us, they won’t consider hiring us. I know I wouldn’t.”
Imagine the MONEY the food truck owner would have made this weekend and Super Bowl weekend but decided to be greedy when all she had to do was tip the barber the $1000 out of the $4000 Keith Lee gave them. https://t.co/dzGiIEYgjh
— Boobs McGee (@TheLaLaMarie) February 1, 2024
Evola said he is receiving angry phone calls from folks who don’t believe him when he explains that the has no idea what they were talking about.
“Don’t play dumb with me. You know what I’m talking about,” one person said before hanging up.
“We are now thinking of shutting down our business and changing the name because of this. It would be a huge loss. It’s not just about the money, it’s about the time. We’ve spent so much time on branding and developing a clientele base,” Evola added.
Despite their efforts, Jonathan and his wife, Aimee Evola, haven’t been able to contact Keith Lee to clarify the confusion, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Meanwhile, Keith Lee posted a video on social media explaining his side of the tipping fiasco with Sweetly Seasoned. Watch his explanation below.
Well Keith Lee has cleared everything up 💗 pic.twitter.com/biuhO9ntBf
— Lori Harvey Jr. 💁🏽♀️ (@keke_shontae) February 3, 2024
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