Restaurant Permanently Closes after Chef Insults TikTok Influencer

A San Francisco restaurant recently closed its doors after an influencer shared a viral encounter she had with the restaurant’s chef.

The eatery, Kis Café, closed down last week, according to its own Instagram post. A TikTok creator named Karla — who doesn’t share her last name but goes by the handle @itskarlabb — alleged that the restaurant’s chef, Luke Sung, belittled her during an interaction.

“I’m still shaking and I feel so frazzled, but I just left a restaurant collaboration crying,” the creator said in the viral video, which has racked up some 22 million views to date. . .

During a collaboration with the restaurant, Karla said Sung – who also co-owns Kis Café – approached her and asked who she was. . .

When he pulled up her account, the chef allegedly scoffed at Karla’s perceived lack of influence.

“This guy pulls up my TikTok and says that I have 15,000 followers,” Karla recounted in the video. “He was saying that I have too [few] followers and that this was a mistake.” (Read more from “Restaurant Permanently Closes after Chef Insults TikTok Influencer” HERE)

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