Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley - Dallas

"The original Kitchen + Kocktails is in Dallas, and their spot in River North is their second location. This upscale restaurant serves Southern dishes like pork chops, blackened fish, gumbo, and crab cakes. The huge space is full of giant booths, with lots of places for taking social media photos–like an elaborate flower wall and neon angel wings. Just be aware, there is a dress code, which you can see here." - Adrian Kane

"A Dallas restaurant owned by Kevin Kelley, known for a viral video incident involving twerking customers. The video led to increased reservations. Kelley is planning to open a new Southern food-inspired restaurant in Chicago." - Brittanie Shey

"Kevin Kelley says he regrets little after a viral video from November showed him admonishing customers dining at his Dallas restaurant, True Kitchen + Kocktails. The video made Kelley a celebrity who generated national headlines with a profanity-laced speech that critiqued customers for twerking, saying if that didn’t abide by his rules they could leave." - Ashok Selvam

"Business is apparently booming at True Kitchen and Kocktails, the Dallas restaurant that stirred up a viral controversy over twerking this week. Owner Kevin Kelley stated that the restaurant has been 'inundated' with reservations over the last couple of days. In a TMZ interview, Kelley mentioned an unexpected outpouring of support both online and in person. However, a new controversy emerged on social media regarding the restaurant's dress code, which bans certain garments and has been criticized as discriminatory. Despite controversies, Kelley remains unapologetic about maintaining the restaurant's standards." - Amy McCarthy

"In a statement posted to Instagram, owner Kevin Kelley explained his rationale — and then went on TMZ to defend the decision. In response to thousands of tweets, comments, and posts regarding the incident, True Kitchen and Kocktails’ Instagram account is now home to a 545-word statement addressing the twerking fiasco. Kelley clarifies that the rant was inspired by the behavior of women sitting at three tables in the restaurant, one of whom was dancing up against the restaurant’s glass window. 'A customer stood on her seat, placed her hands against the glass windows and began to twerk,' the statement reads. 'My immediate reaction was this woman could fall through this window and we could be the target of a lawsuit if she is injured.' Kelley is pretty clear that twerking on the furniture is definitely not allowed at True Kitchen and Kocktails. 'No guest has the right to come into our business ‘home’ and stand on our furniture because of any song played,' the statement reads. 'As for twerking being a part of our culture, we do not welcome the part of the culture that will come into a restaurant, stand on furniture and twerk while using ‘culture’ as an excuse.' Kelley said on TMZ Live, 'Our restaurant is one where my mother eats at, my grandmother eats there, my sons work there, and we want to keep a good environment. That’s just not something I can have in my restaurant.'" - Amy McCarthy