When a food critic comes to a city that is proud of its dining scene, restaurants and their devotees take notice.
But rarely does a traditional reviewer cause as much excitement as Atlanta has seen with the recent visit of Keith Lee, a food obsessive with a vast army of 14 million followers on TikTok.
At a breakfast place?” he asked in a video on his first day in Atlanta, eating takeout in his car.
Mr. Lee, who is based in Las Vegas, mostly reviews independent, mom-and-pop restaurants, many of them Black-owned.
Mr. Lee has made videos from Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles, but the response in Atlanta has been notable.
Persons:
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Atlanta, Las Vegas, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles