Keith Lee Is Hosting New York’s Newest Food Festival Next Month

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The erstwhile MMA fighter-turned-TikTok edifice critic who tin make aliases break a spot based connected his standing meals he eats disconnected his thigh successful his car, Keith Lee is headlining his ain show — this clip successful New York.

Lee’s NYC Family Style Food Festival will see a divers postulation of complete 40 restaurants, on pinch streetwear brands, and bands. The inaugural arena starts astatine 1 p.m. successful Brooklyn’s Industry City connected Saturday, May 17. Tickets for nan arena are connected sale starting astatine conscionable complete $40 for wide admission. The participating restaurants will person nutrient for waste arsenic good arsenic merch.

NYC Family Style Food Festival’s New York edifice lineup includes high-profile spots for illustration L’Industrie, Katz’s, Lucali, Russ & Daughters, Potluck Club, Dhamaka, Double Chicken Please, Raku, Forsyth Fire Escape, Nom Wah, and more.

The food show calved successful Los Angeles was founded connected partnering basking restaurants pinch celebrated brands. Ben Shenassafar and Bobby Kim of nan streetwear institution the Hundreds, teamed up pinch arena shaper Miles Canares to motorboat nan first show successful 2019.

Last year, integer media institution Complex acquired nan show arsenic portion of a caller task pinch plans for a nutrient publication and events. In summation to nan LA festival, nan fest debuted past twelvemonth successful Las Vegas astatine ComplexCon: At that event, Lee sewage his ain conception of nan show wherever he showcased immoderate of his favourite Las Vegas restaurants.

Lee is known for visiting cities and ordering and trying nutrient from various oftentimes independently owned restaurants while seated successful his car. He’ll past stock those opinions done his TikTok account, wherever he has complete 17 cardinal followers. He precocious ate astir New York past period during a sojourn that included Trinciti Roti Shop successful Ozone Park, Bolivian Llama Party successful Sunnyside, and Brooklyn’s Taste of Heaven.