DATZ Deli, a Guyanese-owned restaurant based New York City, USA, was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier this week, after a video posted by them went viral on the internet.
Datz Deli is owned by Joshua Dat, who stated on the show that when the store first opened, they sold solely Caribbean foods including curry, oxtail and macaroni and cheese.
Dat said, he originally made a beef patty with just macaroni in it, and it “set off a little flame.”
Later, he decided to make another, and collaborated with Johnny Eats to make a video of him preparing his signature Mac Patty with the addition of oxtail. That video was posted and has gained approximately 30 million views.
According to Dat, on his way to the restaurant the very next day, he saw a line of prospective customers waiting. He expressed with joy, how he felt seeing that at his store.
While he is the owner, his family, including his mother and siblings work along with him behind the scenes.
The deli is located at 190-01 Hollis Ave., Hollis, 11423 USA, and can be found on Instagram, tiktok @datzdeli190, and on Facebook under the name Datz Deli.