TikTok Video Transforms Plymouth Food Truck From One Customer to 100 Overnight

A daughter's post on social media flipped her father's failing food truck business upside down in Plymouth. One patron per day became many hungry customers who forced the truck to shut down early due to selling out. Smiley's Spuds and Corn limped through opening week with five buyers, then skyrocketed past 100 after Sahar Rammaha uploaded her plea.

The truck sits near Five Mile Road in Plymouth. It dishes out loaded potatoes and Philly cheesesteaks. Smiley Rammaha runs it with his wife, Iman. They started in West Bloomfield earlier this year but had to pack up and relocate.

"He was out for three months because permits in West Bloomfield didn't allow him to continue his business there," said Sahar Rammaha, according to WXYZ.

The couple tried again in Plymouth. But frigid temps and Smiley's medical problems crushed their restart. "Two days into it, his first day, he had like five customers. His second day, he had only one customer," Sahar Rammaha said.

Sahar Rammaha works in California as an emergency room doctor. She threw up the video, crossing her fingers that someone back in Michigan might stumble across it.

"I decided to just jump on TikTok and just hopefully someone in Michigan would see it and lo and behold, thousands of people actually viewed the video, which was to my surprise. And overnight, he went from like one customer to 100," Sahar said.

Tuesday brought a deluge. Orders flooded in so fast the truck shut its window ahead of schedule. Every buyer reporters interviewed had watched the video.

Sahar Rammaha said some buyers drove hours to prop up her father, who undergoes dialysis three times each week. Smiley Rammaha feels overwhelmed by the outpouring. "Unbelievably happy person, me and Iman," Smiley Rammaha said.