{"id":74340,"date":"2025-11-29T09:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/74340\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T09:26:12","slug":"the-man-behind-the-viral-bart-thanksgiving-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/74340\/","title":{"rendered":"The man behind the viral BART Thanksgiving dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0EA0D40825B211810166B3534B348EB1.jpg\" alt=\"The man behind the viral Thanksgiving BART meal\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; BART riders did double takes Thursday morning when a full Thanksgiving feast appeared inside a train car, complete with a table, decorations and holiday dishes.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">A Bay Area content creator who goes by &#8220;Bay Area TV Man&#8221; shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRi5EE8EaBT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">video on Instagram <\/a>showing himself \u2014 dressed in black clothing and a mask \u2014 setting up the spread as surprised commuters looked on. Soon, he and several friends were serving food and drinks to strangers riding the train.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">As of Friday, his post had more than a quarter million likes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;It was a little awkward at first,&#8221; he told KTVU on Thursday with the caveat that he wants to remain anonymous. &#8220;It really took one person to take a plate. Once we put on some music, people started dancing, popped some apple cider \u2014 it was a great moment to see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bayareatvman.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Bay Area TV Man hosted a Thanksgiving dinner on BART. Nov. 27, 2025 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The rolling celebration traveled from West Oakland to Daly City, then out to Dublin before returning to West Oakland.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He told KTVU that he was inspired to create a community moment on BART \u2013 which he described as a Bay Area iconic symbol.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He and two friends set up a table, and brought in some turkey, chicken, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and egg rolls to share with BART riders.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;It was confusing,&#8221; he said, adding that he knows people don&#8217;t want to take food from strangers and that his mask might also &#8220;creep some people out.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">But all it took was one BART rider to snag an egg roll and walk off the train to prompt others to partake.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Bay Area TV Man said he played fun music to get the vibe going as well. His video shows people laughing, dancing and eating food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He said he hopes to host more food giveaways and community-focused events and emphasized that the Thanksgiving feast wasn\u2019t designed for online attention, but to share a positive moment with fellow BART riders.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He said the effort was self-funded, but hopes people will feel inspired to donate in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tz_bart-thanksgiving_00.00.13.36.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Bay Area TV Man hosts a Thanksgiving dinner on BART. November 2025 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">As for why go incognito?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;I wear the mask and stay anonymous because Bay Area TV Man is meant to represent the whole Bay,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Anyone can show love and give back. I want the focus to stay on the community and the positive impact, not on me as a person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He added: &#8220;My goal is to inspire people to look out for each other and bring more positivity to the Bay. The mask is a reminder that you do not need a title or a face to make a difference. What matters is the heart behind the action.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/transportation\/bart\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BART<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/viral\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viral<\/a> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; BART riders did double takes Thursday morning when a full Thanksgiving feast appeared inside a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3767,100,143,145,144,1967,7916],"class_list":{"0":"post-74340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-bart","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-oakland","11":"tag-oakland-headlines","12":"tag-oakland-news","13":"tag-transportation","14":"tag-viral"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}