HALLANDALE BEACH – One video from a food influencer on social media is changing the life of Tanika Evans, the first Black woman in the country to solely own a Firehouse Subs.
“Did you ever think, that that you’d be here in your own business and a delicious one, by the way,” CBS News Miami asked Tanika Evans
“No I did not. I really did not,” Evans, who owns the Firehouse Subs in Hallandale Beach, said.
Four months ago, Evans invested her entire life savings into the restaurant. It was her new chapter after being fired from the company she had worked for – for years. But the new beginning didn’t come easy. She was struggling.
“I’m paying for the rent out of my own pocket. I’m paying for the employees’ payroll out of my own pocket, so literally drained me as far as my finances to the point where I’m literally one step from being homeless” Evans saod.
However, that is now changing thanks to Ron Beasley and the power of his social media following.