{"id":74207,"date":"2026-11-02T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/74207\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:12:18","slug":"popular-sf-food-influencers-heated-argument-at-cafe-captured-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/74207\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular SF food influencer\u2019s heated argument at cafe captured in viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food fight!<\/p>\n<p>A confrontation between a couple and a food influencer outside a San Francisco coffee shop has gone viral after the content creator posted a video of the spat online this week.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon, food influencer Allie Tong was filming a video outside the Wrecking Ball Coffee when a man and women nearby began getting irritated.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco food influencer Allie Tong reported being confronted by a couple over being filmed at a local cafe. Instagram\/allie.eats<\/p>\n<p>According to Tong, an older man started muttering \u201cyou guys are so f\u2014king stupid\u201d at her assistant, to which Tong walked back to the man and asked what he said.<\/p>\n<p>He repeated his insult, despite Tong stating the she and her assistant were supporting a small local business. That\u2019s when the assistant began filming the couple, \u201cbecause he was being verbally abusive,\u201d Tong said.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco food influencer Allie Tong. Instagram\/allie.eats<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the video, the camera panned over to a couple drinking their coffee, when the woman suddenly lunged at the assistant to seemingly knock the camera away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t touch me!\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you?\u201d the two can be heard exchanging.<\/p>\n<p>The woman then started marching toward the assistant, who began walking backward with a coffee in hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just filming because he was making us feel uncomfortable,\u201d the assistant can be heard trying to explain to the furious woman. \u201cGet off of me,\u201d the assistant said repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>The woman demanded the recording be deleted. Instagram\/allie.eats<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake that recording and delete it,\u201d the woman demanded.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the woman can be seen with the assistant\u2019s sunglasses as the couple appeared to leave the scene. The man then uttered another insult as while walking by.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want this?\u201d the angry woman tauneds before leaving with the glasses. \u201cCall the police. Let\u2019s call the police right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip garnered tens of thousands of views, and Wrecking Ball swiftly banned the couple from the coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/>California Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/>California Post  Opinion <br \/>California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!<br \/>California Post App: Download here!<br \/>Home delivery: Sign up here!<br \/>Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<p>Wrecking Ball Coffee in San Francisco Instgram\/wreckingballcoffee<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWrecking Ball has always been committed to providing a safe, friendly and welcoming environment for everyone and we take that responsibility very seriously,\u201d Wrecking Ball Coffee co-owner Joey Cannata told the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday update, Tong said the assistant did get her sunglasses back because the lady eventually threw them on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco Police Department confirmed to the Chronicle that a police report was filed but no arrest has been made.<\/p>\n<p>The couple has not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food fight! A confrontation between a couple and a food influencer outside a San Francisco coffee shop has gone viral after the content creator posted a video of the spat online this week. On Tuesday afternoon, food influencer Allie Tong was filming a video outside the Wrecking Ball Coffee when a man and women nearby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[58,12109,43084,69,39815,909,290,289,847,545,3833,910],"class_list":["post-74207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-california","tag-coffee-shops","tag-fights","tag-food-drink","tag-influencers","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-food","tag-northern-california","tag-san-francisco","tag-social-media","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117546316184918803","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}