Keith Lee, an online food critic with over 17.3 million followers on TikTok, visited a restaurant in west Fort Worth as part of an American Express small business initiative.
Lee, whose viral TikTok videos of him sampling food and bringing attention to small businesses, came to Drew’s Place Restaurant in the Como neighborhood on Monday, Nov. 3.
Drew’s Place, located at 5701 Curzon Ave,. is owned and operated by Drew and Stephanie Thomas and their daughter, Krystal. They were recently chosen as one of 50 U.S. historic small restaurants that will receive $50,000 from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The grants are given as part of the organization’s Backing Historic Small Restaurants program, which invests in small, independent restaurants that serve as cultural and culinary landmarks across the U.S…