The Atlanta restaurant scene has been turned upside down ever since TikTok influencer and food critic Keith Lee started reviewing restaurants in the city and surrounding areas.
One review by the food critic caused the biggest confusion because there are two eateries with similar names: The Real Milk and Honey in College Park, Georgia, and Milk and Honey several miles to its north in Atlanta.
Even with Lee taking to his platform and attempting to make a distinction between the two, people are still mixing them up.
The Real Milk and Honey received a mediocre review, but because of the similarity in names, the other establishment received the same level of backlash even though they are 20 minutes apart and their names are not exactly the same.
One of the owners of Milk and Honey, Devon Green, talked about how the confusion has made it even harder for him and his restaurant.
“It’s already a hard industry and reviews are good — positive or negative,” Green said while noting that he understands why people are getting the spots mixed up despite his place being open longer. While he understands why, it still bothers him.
“A bomb from negative comments, death threats, threats to blow the building up, threats to end our business,” Green said in an interview with 11 Alive. “We started getting bad reviews on Yelp. People were calling our phones. It was a nightmare.”
Lee, after hearing about the trouble that Green and his restaurant had been getting into, mentioned the debacle in a video that attempted to clarify a multitude of issues.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.
He said, “The Real Milk and Honey and Milk and Honey are two different restaurants. Me and my family went to The Real Milk and Honey.”
After establishing which restaurant his team went to, he said he wanted to make clear his position on hate speech left on his behalf.
“I just received the notice from the owner of the Milk and Honey, the place that we did…
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