A five-year-old Colorado girl captured the internet’s heart with a video of her crying over a food chain forgetting her “favorite” sauce – and leading to her crowning as a guacamole princess.
“I’m very heartbroken QDOBA, cause you forgot my favorite sauce, guacamole,” lil’ red-haired Astoria “Stori” Massa says with tears streaming down her face in an April 30 TikTok video posted by her mother – which has since racked up 5.5 million views.
To make things right, QDOBA, a Mexican restaurant chain, deemed Astoria their “Chief Guacamole Officer,” gifting her an official chef jacket and hat, teaching her how to whip up their secret recipe — and even putting her to work behind the counter.
Massa told The Post how utterly “sad” she felt after learning her beloved side of avocado goodness was missing from her order, which typically includes a chicken and cheese quesadilla, chips, a large guacamole and a brownie for dessert, she said.
“My mom tried to give me salsa instead. I said, ‘No, take that outta here. Nope, I don’t want that! I want the guacamole!’” she recalled.
Her mother captured the “heartbreaking and hilarious” moment on video, which she originally intended for Astoria’s grandmother and aunt’s eyes only.
“We knew she loved QDOBA’s guacamole but had no idea to what extent. I tried to give her some salsa, as she stated earlier, and there was no way anything could replace the guacamole for her,” mom Brenna Massa said.
Astoria frequents her local QDOBA — pronounced “Q-dough-bah” — “pretty much every week, mostly.”
“I love taco Tuesday,” she gushed.
So the taco-loving tot was thrilled to be able to go behind the scenes of the fast casual joint.
“It was my first job I ever had,” she proudly pointed out.
In the apology video QDOBA originally sent Massa, its chef apologized, and promised to “make it right by sending you so much guacamole your brain’s gonna explode.”
“Because guacamole doesn’t travel well, we opted to give her a generous QDOBA gift card instead,” a rep from the eatery explained.
As for a free side of guac for the rest of her life, the rep pointed out, “as for all guests, QDOBA’s guacamole is free with any entrée” anyway.
