Saltgrass says that the story that one of their servers shared on social media about receiving a racist note was "fabricated."

The server, Khalil Cavil, shared a photo of the receipt containing the note to Facebook.

The note said "We don't tip terrorists" and was shared thousands of times on social media.

But on Monday, Cavil admitted to the Odessa American (OA) that he wrote the note himself.

“I did write it. I don’t have an explanation. I made a mistake. There is no excuse for what I did", he said.

The Odessa American's article states that Cavil had said he hoped the post would spur conversation “about this hatred that is still going on, that is still here and prevalent. I just wanted people to understand that.”

After sharing the post on Facebook Cavil received money donations which he tells the OA “All money is being processed and being return(ed)." “Most all of it has been returned.”

Cavil said he admitted the lie to Saltgrass officials Sunday, what he called “the first step into making it right.”

He concluded by telling the OA, “I’m sorry. I deeply made a huge, big mistake. And I’m in the process of getting the help that I need."

Terry Turney, COO of Saltgrass released the following statement on Monday:

“After further investigation, we have learned that our employee fabricated the entire story. The customer has been contacted and invited back to our restaurant to dine on us. Racism of any form is intolerable, and we will always act swiftly should it occur in any of our establishments. Falsely accusing someone of racism is equaling disturbing.”