Do y’all lie to get off the phone? I know I do. Literally outing myself on IG.😅😅😅 3 minutes with @mrantdavis who apparently never lies when it’s time to end the convo 🙄
🎬🍗 EPISODE ONE: “THE INTRODUCTION” 🍗🎬
The plan was simple…
Cover the ribbon cutting.
Celebrate Lonell’s making it through Year One.
Get some clean interviews.
Introduce the team.
Easy, right?
Yeah… until THIS man walked in acting like he already owned the restaurant. 👀
I asked him his name…
He said:
“LJ.”
I said:
“What that stand for?”
This man looked dead into the camera and said:
“Lonell Junior.”
🚨 Yeah… the ribbon cutting almost became a family reunion.
In Episode One, y’all meet:
🎥 Isabel — helping us take Lonell’s social media to the next level
🍗 Chef Lonell — trying to celebrate a major milestone
🤦🏾♂️ And LJ… who seems VERY eager to tell Lonell something that probably should’ve stayed off-camera.
The only problem?
We still gotta get Lonell away from the ribbon cutting before this gets completely out of hand. 😂
Welcome to:
🎬 “Lonell’s Cuisine: PLAY SON”
Not every family recipe was planned.
👇🏾 WATCH EPISODE ONE NOW
Tag somebody who would absolutely pull up acting like this 😂
#PlaySon #LonellsSoulFood #MrAntDavis #SoulFoodLA #BlackComedy SouthLA RestaurantLife KaraokeNights BlackOwnedBusi
🎬🔥 ONE YEAR IN… NOW THE STORY GETS INTERESTING 🔥🎬
Most restaurants don’t make it past their first year.
Especially soul food spots.
Because this ain’t just cooking…
this is culture, consistency, community, and sacrifice.
And somehow… Lonell’s is still here. 🙏🏾
This past Saturday, we celebrated a major milestone —
🎉 ONE YEAR + GRAND OPENING & RIBBON CUTTING 🎉
But that wasn’t the moment…
👀 Because right in the middle of it all…
Mr. Ant Davis showed up and started asking questions.
Sitting down with Chef Lonell, we got the origin:
How it started…
What it took to survive…
And why Lonell’s is more than just food.
🍗 It’s soul food with meaning
🎤 Karaoke nights that bring the people together
🎷 Live jazz for the grown & soulful
🎙 Open mics loading…
And now…
🎬 SEASON ONE IS HERE.
“Lonell’s Cuisine: PLAY SON”
starring Mr. Ant Davis
Not a true story…
but everything you’re about to see is real enough to matter.
And somewhere along the way…
something definitely goes left. 👀
In the best way possible.
We’re documenting:
The growth
The chaos
The culture
And a business fighting to become a legacy
💥 If you’ve been rocking with Lonell’s… you already part of the story
💥 If you haven’t been yet… this is your invite
👉 FOLLOW
👉 TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS
👉 PULL UP THIS WEEK
Because this ain’t just a restaurant anymore…
✨ It’s something you gotta experience for yourself. ✨
#LonellsSoulFood #PlaySon #MrAntDavis #SoulFoodLA #BlackOwnedBusiness SouthLA FoodAndCulture LAEats RestaurantLife
