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Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/00fbacf4-2e97-496c-b4b0-9ae8b92f3eb7/32.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out A new storage-facility barbed wire fence, meant to deter people who’d been sleeping on the property, like the person who left behind the mattress. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c7294186-1f6a-41e9-a36e-ea175383d7ee/26.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out The Third Avenue encampment ran a block from Rose Avenue to Sunset Avenue, where Gjusta owner Fran Camaj worried about public health and safety and wished that the city would issue uniform one-person tents as a first step. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/fe6a719e-913f-42cd-99fc-43bd8920e2e6/28.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out City Councilman Mike Bonin, a vocal advocate for the unhoused, faces a recall effort because Venice residents and businesspeople feel he’s done too little to remedy the situation. Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/56baac74-7df4-4369-b230-93cf89b957a8/23.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Norma Alvarado, co-owner of Venice Beach Wines, is proud that the street’s kept big franchises out and avoided becoming the next trendy Abbott Kinney Boulevard, at least so far. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/617d6225-e0f7-4cb0-8d67-bd61ef56285c/17.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Frustrated locals watched other city council districts clear out encampments, and hope that a recall election next May will replace Mike Bonin with someone who has a new plan for addressing homelessness. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/412bb8fa-b431-4d70-917e-e0610b110c84/18.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Advocates complain that the LAPD is too hands-on, while some residents and businesspeople complain they are too hands-off. Officers say their behavior is defined by new pandemic-era rules. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/594fd6d7-aa7f-4b84-8589-c7459c9101ca/6.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Jason Neroni, chef and managing partner at the Rose, emerged from the pandemic only to worry that customers wouldn’t feel safe enough to return to his restaurant. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/cd8c7937-7cc7-49eb-b225-a30a681804ff/31.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Third Avenue has a block-long row of tents on both sides of the street, except for the area in front of the storage facility, where barbed-wire fencing went up inside the existing fence. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/8bcdbeaf-988e-453c-b727-194f78c97823/19.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out As diners venture out again, the Rose and other restaurants hope the street can regain its balance. Pascal Shirley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/b3a10bb7-8d61-4965-b7ce-ef73be34ad5e/3.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out At the start of the summer, unhoused people lived along Ocean Front Walk, the Venice boardwalk, with hundreds more in a parallel line along the beachfront bike path. Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/356df49a-ae7c-4237-8bd4-91c58b0a675f/33.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Ocean Front Walk at summer’s end. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/026401f2-4977-49d3-a078-ff1921aa567a/27.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out There are a few small chains on Rose Avenue, but independent restaurants and businesses dominate the almost mile-long business district. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/89f29cc6-a314-4fa2-958d-5bcad0b8d4ee/14.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out A move-on message on the sidewalk in front of the large storage facility on Third Avenue. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/53aa52a8-8786-419b-80cb-3f3438c7fbbe/12.jpg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out The nonprofit St. Joseph Center played a major role in the boardwalk clean-up, placing people in temporary housing and offering services to people who chose to stay. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c667a696-5743-4c35-8728-c8eb2515534b/9.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out City sanitation workers began a boardwalk clean-up in late June, as representatives of St. Joseph, a local nonprofit, arranged temporary housing for people willing to take it. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/eab660d0-aafc-4db7-97b2-155db2ab919a/2.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Los Angeles set up portable washstands during the pandemic, but they ended up being used as trash receptacles. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/a32a7f93-0178-46b7-b7b9-8f38144c882b/29.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Campers and motor homes going nowhere, parked permanently outside the Whole Foods at the eastern end of the Rose Avenue business district. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/77f33ab8-dc8a-4347-ac3f-fac6d0770d77/7.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out The County Sheriff, Alex Villanueva, announced an aggressive plan to clear out the boardwalk, including the possibility of arrest, in time for the July Fourth weekend. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/2eb098df-2717-41d8-b6aa-4033bac74b45/1.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Rose Avenue’s business district runs a mile to the Pacific Ocean, and when summer began restaurants shared the space with an unhoused population that had grown dramatically during the pandemic. Lacey Browne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/d2c229b7-7143-4b6b-9431-dbdb20308320/5.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out The Rose Venice is a local hangout, tech-crowd clubhouse, and tourist destination, sandwiched between a block-long homeless encampment and a row of permanently-parked campers and motorhomes. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/8847e2b0-824f-437f-a670-337742e74b02/15.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Georgeanne Ayers turned her Third Avenue shelter into a general store for her unhoused neighbors. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/188c77bb-0640-4369-b467-ea7eb8c60605/24.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Tony Gutierrez, the operations manager at Chulita, has only worked on Rose Avenue for three years, but sees himself as a guardian of the community he’s come to value. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/711333ef-6456-4b1d-ba44-6ad4e46e6f7f/30.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out The boardwalk and bike path have remained relatively clear since the midsummer clean-up, but the inland encampments cycle back and forth, and if they get cleaned up new settlements pop up nearby. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/79b0c785-cb29-4b3e-8571-404e673464b6/20.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Paige Clay, owner of Flake, said that Rose Avenue’s culture faces threats from opposite directions—a more unpredictable homeless population that made the street feel unsafe, and a post-tech, moneyed population that isn’t interested in Venice’s boho pedigree. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/6e1d26f8-04ce-48be-83ad-cee5d8ea7bdc/1.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/428f83bc-fd73-40f8-a588-525939f52da9/22.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out The owners of Venice Beach Wines were social workers before they turned to restaurants, and it’s their informed opinion that current interventions aren’t going to yield long-term solutions. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/4f083d35-e749-4c69-abab-f2f964c79113/21.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Flake offers some of the cheapest food on the street, and its customers include restaurant employees who can’t afford the menu where they work. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7f5404ab-0eea-455b-b294-4745c72c4dc5/8.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Venice Ale House owner Tom Elliott called the situation on Rose Avenue “a humanitarian crisis, no different from any refugee crisis.” Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/430324a4-b205-4c46-a573-8ee1cbf81b3e/4.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Google’s sprawling Venice campus runs parallel to the Hampton Drive encampment, and faces a double row of permanently-parked vehicles on Main Street. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/5b118893-2677-4ff0-812c-06e2e13b5c2a/25.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Mr. William Earle Jones, a neighborhood monitor like Gutierrez, whose primary concern is fentanyl use among younger unhoused neighbors. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7112ab01-f61c-47bc-a2cd-a6e88092f192/13.jpeg Caught between new tech money and a growing homelessness crisis - Make it stand out Sanitation workers began a boardwalk clean-up before dawn, but unlike that high-profile effort, inland clean-ups did not provide housing options or medical and mental health services. Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images http://www.karenstabiner.com/ca-farmers-market daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/d388de3c-a974-4d9f-9fe9-c8c28ce11be1/1.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Where no one anticipates a well-hydrated future, they’ll settle for figuring out a well-managed one. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/fe0f8e4a-f257-4180-be36-484e8e9dfb64/5.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Alex Weiser holds an array of his family’s spuds, often referred to as “Weiser potatoes” by local chefs. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/e61755f3-d66b-4adb-8db6-0cc30ae12d19/2.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out A transition to no-till growing could decrease water use by 30 percent, but that approach works better with crops like corn and soy beans than it does with carrots and lettuce. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/5e85117f-8bf2-4d08-b4e0-1a1424aa4119/14.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Pinched farmers would like us to remember that our habits impact their water resources. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/36fce669-624e-441f-8d10-bc4a8768f324/10.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Beno Coleman of Coleman Family Farms. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/0997f307-6b3e-43ac-a8b0-dd0a0974be83/9.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Coleman Family Farms shares a private well with 12 properties, half of which are agricultural. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/05c829cb-826b-4c5a-a147-d60a7927a895/1.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/80bd7f2e-9318-4552-8874-8fbf177e0fb3/3.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out To minimize overhead watering, after the seedlings are established, the Takikawas switch to a dripline system, which directs water down into the roots instead of spraying it into the air. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/a734cf64-18f9-4c1a-8bcd-6f1187978455/12.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Victor Gomez, ranch foreman at Munak Ranch. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/847a4357-7ce2-4fc3-bf84-16af953a87be/4.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Leticia Garcia, co-owner of Garcia Organic Farm, displays Pixie mandarins at her family’s farm stand. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/04026f8a-d995-4d7f-a0cb-aef860faa993/7.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Flora Bella Farms abandoned many crops to divert water to tomatoes and peppers. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/da62d299-e61e-42c3-bc20-0bfe78fb0b14/11.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Troy Regier, owner of Regier Family Farms. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/f4ae0a6d-c118-45a4-af67-e42b93e22685/13.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Pints of Sungold cherry tomatoes barely settle onto the Munak Ranch table before someone snatches them up. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/f017c731-f3bb-44f3-ad32-833d2b0f427f/8.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Dawn Birch, co-owner of Flora Bella Farms. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/42d27f18-b0ec-418e-8a08-6562afdd9bea/6.jpeg This is how a California farmers’ market - Make it stand out Weiser works with his sister and brother on their family farm, which their parents founded in the late 1970s. Samanta Helou Hernandez http://www.karenstabiner.com/spago-campanile daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1a18a391-25c2-43f4-a47e-5d12d47112e6/1.jpeg From Spago to Campanile to now: Re-imagining the American restaurant - Make it stand out Ashley Randall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/08b0fae9-0e03-4515-81bf-5e92b3d97ec1/1.jpeg From Spago to Campanile to now: Re-imagining the American restaurant - Make it stand out Mark Peel, the chef and co-owner of Los Angeles’ award-winning Campanile, who died on June 20, wasn’t cut out for the “whole rock star-chef era,” according to his daughter. That old-school attitude might be key to a new-era restaurant renaissance. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images http://www.karenstabiner.com/transcend-the-bran-muffin daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/71ee17f0-ceb7-41c5-ae5d-8ce862faedd3/1.jpeg Transcend the bran muffin - Make it stand out Photos by Kristin Teig | Graphic by The Counter http://www.karenstabiner.com/family-farm-pandemic daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/5bc9e984-027f-416b-906d-a7cc56e512c3/3.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out Romeo found 12 acres to lease in 2006, at the end of a curvy road off the 101 freeway in the Carpinteria hills. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/28397a65-4365-4623-9c7e-df7e4a90f1aa/5.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out José Martinez, left, Victor Rodriguez, center, and Romeo Coleman, right, harvest produce, some of which is delivered to John Fonteyn’s CSA boxes, while the Coleman Family Farms’ produce is also sold at the Santa Monica markets. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/8de49b73-2166-4a14-9fb3-f6a83b1acea4/1.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out Pictured above, Romeo Coleman and his mother, Fidela, stand in a field on Coleman Family Farms. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/b508a705-de97-44ae-abcb-a7f89f166e10/4.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out John Fonteyn, left, and his wife, Elizabeth Del Nargo, started their weekly subscription CSA box in March 2020, a reboot of a CSA program they had years before at their Rio Gozo farm in Ojai, after seeing an urgency from both farmers and customers. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/502fd148-3119-44b0-a923-87b2181c32fe/1.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out Romeo Coleman is a second-generation farmer who has 18 acres—6 owned, 12 leased—about 80 miles north of Los Angeles. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7ea6844e-3fdc-4a4d-a7e1-05c2856d77a7/2.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out Roberto Perez harvests red leaf lettuce, one of the crops distributed in John Fonteyn’s CSA boxes. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/12b780b2-44da-43f6-bd6c-b85284cd160c/7.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out The CSA boxes helped to pay the bills and keep Romeo’s seven-person crew employed throughout the worst of the pandemic; nobody went without a paycheck, though he had to dip into the farm’s accounts to help meet expenses. Samanta Helou Hernandez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/6086f6fa-bdf0-4c2e-a3da-5cc48ac58540/6.jpeg How a family farm weathers the pandemic - Make it stand out Romeo’s mother, Fidela, likes to walk the fields with him. She holds two Pink Pearl apples in her hands, mindful that photographer Samanta Helou Hernandez and I might not ever have tasted them. Samanta Helou Hernandez http://www.karenstabiner.com/restaurants-government-contractors daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c3e964e5-9f56-48ff-ac1e-6ec7a5be59fc/1.jpeg What if we turned restaurants into government contractors? - Make it stand out Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/e67349f6-de08-4a7a-8939-e62776ac1303/1.jpeg What if we turned restaurants into government contractors? - Make it stand out We may have a federal mandate to pay restaurants to feed people, but it’s not going to happen without a funding bridge that requires buy-in on the local level. Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images http://www.karenstabiner.com/covering-a-restaurant-industry-in-extended-crisis daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/5e33f503-8150-4cf5-accb-c4b5bace5047/1.jpeg Here’s what it’s like to spend 10 months covering a restaurant industry in extended crisis - Make it stand out courtesy of Bret Thorn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/b8f012a3-1a62-44bc-a443-7d9ceb736fb5/1.jpeg Here’s what it’s like to spend 10 months covering a restaurant industry in extended crisis - Make it stand out Bret Thorn has witnessed the steady erosion of restaurant health for years. The pandemic exacerbated problems that were already there. Courtesy of Bret Thorn http://www.karenstabiner.com/public-space-comes-first daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/bd9b0e88-f96e-408e-8c20-82bae47cc866/1.jpeg At this food hall, public space comes first, vendors order collectively - Make it stand out The self-service beer wall at Social Eats. Will Houlihan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/6b715e47-792e-4170-b7e3-f7d4c6af0874/1.jpeg At this food hall, public space comes first, vendors order collectively - Make it stand out Will Houlihan http://www.karenstabiner.com/kaysen-reopens-bellecour daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7e1f04bc-ad8e-4b36-8111-175b157c77d9/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen re-opens a downsized Bellecour in a new neighborhood and wonders - Make it stand out In July, the Bellecour pop-up bakery opened inside Cooks of Crocus Hill, a cookware store in Saint Paul, Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/41f7545d-f302-4494-ab13-883ffbc96440/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen re-opens a downsized Bellecour in a new neighborhood and wonders - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/famers-facing-bankruptcy daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/fd56ecfc-a76d-4509-a577-b6d2c0e167a8/1.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 - Make it stand out Barber’s restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, in Pocantico Hills, New York, and its sister restaurant Blue Hill in Greenwich Village, are temporarily closed. In the interim, Barber and his team have created ResourcED, a CSA program offering boxes filled with produce, meat, and fish from their longtime farming and fishing partners. Among the offerings are bread, pastry, and cake-themed boxes. ResourcED https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/392146e5-4c55-414e-a7be-f92eb3ef9098/1.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1656974831864-DKETPCA5EXSWM3XZVBTB/1.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1656974832133-NZLDAI7E32B4GYW5WFY5/2.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1656974832514-IXKK9DGI0VVYU2U5XVPV/3.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1656974832756-1F6Y599VPEXI9TQQF2IL/4.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1656974833137-OAPAZSFUGAH381C7NRWQ/5.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1656974833372-2GZYBXQ0VJ9LZ14NPHHU/6.jpeg Nearly a third of small, independent farmers are facing bankruptcy by the end of 2020 http://www.karenstabiner.com/is-this-beloved-los-angeles-bakery-resilient-enough-to-survive-replication daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/2118fd9a-c6b9-4954-b25a-10567ae81ee9/1.jpeg Is this beloved Los Angeles bakery resilient enough to survive replication? - Make it stand out Yuju Yeo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/f1f9cb6c-2745-45b3-9891-fd89981a41b7/1.jpeg Is this beloved Los Angeles bakery resilient enough to survive replication? - Make it stand out From left to right, Proof Bakery founder-owner Na Young Ma, pastry chef Jun Tan, and manager Andrea Sung. Mack Hill http://www.karenstabiner.com/two-doors-re-open daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/9365cdc6-af25-4042-8d60-965f3eec91b1/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Two doors re-open, one door closes forever - Make it stand out Dave Puente/Nicolas Raymond/Flickr/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/35576543-dc2c-4600-b77f-717720c6518e/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Two doors re-open, one door closes forever - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/life-support daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/2305b920-0645-49d2-8122-319a67b3b2a7/16.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Managing food costs are the bedrock of any successful restaurant operation. Raise prices too much, and customers will go elsewhere, even if it means they don’t get the same quality. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/653c58c1-3197-410b-9bd9-a99ee85169d9/12.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Food doesn’t always travel well, so kitchens have to retool the menu to make their remote and take-out customers happy. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7e9cce9c-8f7e-431a-b5a9-fceb609c2edc/1.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out The Counter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/d8f752fd-124a-4f61-9353-731238ae4d23/20.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Predictions for the future include restaurants increasing their commitments to sustainable food and practices, and better ways to deal with allergies and dietary restrictions. Left, back-of-house staff at Providence in Los Angeles. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/b2740abc-4080-47e5-9c27-279b342e8822/1.png The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out FieldTrip’s chef/owner JJ Johnson at his fast-casual, rice-centric restaurant in Harlem, New York City. Tricia Vuong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/93b96837-e9c5-43d5-8635-e21752b97166/18.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Nicole Rucker turned this tiny space in Los Angeles’ Grand Central Market into a pop-up after her brick-and-mortar bakery closed. It’s a half-step to being back in business: she launched a $61,000 Kickstarter campaign to underwrite the next step, a permanent market stall. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/90a557fb-11d3-445c-8f92-7f46c7339464/11.png The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out After New York Magazine named Breads Bakery’s chocolate babka the best, they went from selling 20 to 30 to thousands a day. Tricia Vuong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/454967dd-ea10-43f3-96a7-eb9de20758f8/2.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out The National Restaurant Association says that 70 percent of America’s restaurants are owned by individuals, not operating companies or venture capitalists. Left, making rice bowls at FieldTrip. Tricia Vuong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/6cc008d4-8a50-4e09-8f4a-f0943469b806/13.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Portable food, like the kind you can grab and go at L.A.’s Grand Central Market, appeals to our multi-tasking culture. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c47ccc51-7102-4f1d-af8d-f433adfe5034/6.png The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Front of house at Gadi Peleg’s flagship Breads Bakery. Tricia Vuong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c21f574d-868f-4316-8c3a-67e9d034dc7b/3.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Back of house at Huckleberry Bakery and Café in Santa Monica, California. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/4b8afd2c-42c3-4b80-825c-b012a6ad9be9/5.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Jody Williams (right), co-owner with Rita Sodi (left) of New York City’s Via Carota, says the first thing she does with new sous chefs, who are responsible for placing food orders, is slow them down. Via Carota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/44ea512d-ee1a-45b6-9654-c323be0ee451/1.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/8645ff50-92bf-46bb-979f-64cbe8a4198e/4.png The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out In 2018, an NRA report said 37 percent of its members ranked hiring as their biggest challenge. Pictured: Back of house at Breads Bakery’s Union Square location in New York City. Tricia Vuong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1944f288-96f4-4bfe-887a-77a028e491c2/8.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Huckleberry Bakery and Café’s ingredients are all organic—attractive to diners, as long as they don’t make a meal too expensive. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/2155f679-537b-40c0-8488-cae399931796/9.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Today’s restaurant investors want bigger profits in a shorter time frame. Above, the pastry case at Huckleberry Café. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7a09f5a9-4da0-4864-a373-4195ce100dcb/14.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Amazon Go has expanded our notion of what a grocery or convenience store can offer. Flickr/Shinya Suzuki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1eb3f6e4-faee-42d3-93f6-66a10f467c3e/17.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Some restaurants end up reducing staff to keep labor costs under control. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/02c9bd22-8caa-40bd-bff2-5ed50d56cab3/15.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Leases come up for renewal, and when they do, landlords tend to want more. If the increase is too much for a restaurant they either move or close. Pictured: Huckleberry’s front-of-house operation. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/4c663cd2-2a3e-410f-94e6-68d0cd61eb2d/7.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out After closing her bakery and café, Fiona, Nicole Rucker will open Fat and Flour as a permanent stall at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. Joe Dietsch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/046b9639-a30b-4e62-9c7a-f513c2a0cd1b/10.jpeg The American restaurant is on life support - Make it stand out Chef Michael Cimarusti, who won the James Beard award for Best Chef, western region, last year, started out in his teens as a dishwasher. He went to culinary school, studied in France and worked in other people’s restaurants for over a decade before he opened Providence. Not many of today’s young cooks have that kind of patience. Joe Dietsch http://www.karenstabiner.com/dreams-small-business daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/3a0f2ca4-033b-47f8-97e6-3707f1cbc666/2.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Yamilet Perez, 23, is trying to finish her associate’s degree this spring so she can improve her odds of getting a kitchen job. Yamilet Perez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/34747929-53df-40b4-86ff-f7628aed78e7/4.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Cortez made Pâte à Choux with chocolate, almond, and vanilla ombre buttercream, and a chocolate espresso plating sauce. Allec Cortez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/90655474-1d40-4bb7-a0c4-f051c531d605/1.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Eric Campbell, 40, enrolled at LATTC after selling barbecue for 20 years as a side gig. He wanted to take the next step in making a living cooking food. Eric Campbell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c8a0c1d4-4241-4e57-ae04-7c074a95e914/1.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Pictured above: A rendering of the new Los Angeles Trade Technical College Culinary Arts building. Courtesy of LATTC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/2dc40139-c056-425d-8f9c-6431c9da63f5/8.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Martha Sanchez, 58, has been a cake decorator for 25 years. She enrolled at LATTC with the hope that she’ll eventually be able to teach at a vocational school or adult learning program. Martha Sanchez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/0854e037-7821-495e-ad40-4fd1ee5acb63/7.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out One of Maria Guzman’s creations. After losing her bakery job before the pandemic, Guzman started making coffee cakes and cookies in her apartment oven for weekend delivery orders. Maria Guzman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c89de5f0-aeb8-4c68-adfe-3ecfa9832b5d/9.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Maria Guzman, 37, lost her bakery job right before the pandemic. School improves her technique and one day she hopes to land another cake-decorating job or run her own small bakery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/294dd346-d203-40be-9150-3253995c2139/6.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Chef-instructor Robert Wemischner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c9d703b1-9458-47b3-99d7-15de76aeb091/5.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Chef-instructor Susan Feigenbaum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c8ad48e2-2d8b-46d4-9e83-ff9b38182a47/3.jpeg With dreams of small business, not empire, LA Trade Tech culinary students are built for this moment - Make it stand out Allec Cortez, 24, is an aspiring bread baker who eventually envisions owning a small bakery. He relies on LATTC’s network of industry connections to help him take the next step. Allec Cortez http://www.karenstabiner.com/in-california-farmers-are-facing-sunburned-apples-and-frozen-greens daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/f4efc3d7-e099-45f0-82ec-1dc0e715b85c/1.png In California, farmers are facing sunburned apples and frozen greens - Make it stand out Fluctuations in temperature and precipitation have even the most experienced farmers scrambling. The Counter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/49db27bc-9571-460a-bdda-1c2edd874438/1.jpeg In California, farmers are facing sunburned apples and frozen greens - Make it stand out Flickr/USDA Lance Cheung http://www.karenstabiner.com/are-we-there-yet daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/3d938d72-6db4-40eb-a42a-88977a2fb4cf/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Are we there yet? - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/5abb472b-6a19-4119-93fe-bd3e1fbdb717/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Are we there yet? - Make it stand out Dave Puente/Nicolas Raymond/Flickr/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/who-feeds-19-million-new-yorkers daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/6db8a833-8067-4e36-b69f-6517c3a9c201/1.png Who feeds 19 million New Yorkers every day? - Make it stand out Angela Wang http://www.karenstabiner.com/new-page daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1d4416d5-8582-4f00-81e4-d5d83a91c737/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen announces three opening dates. - Make it stand out Dave Puente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/d55b14d6-1696-43f5-bf6b-e5211087e492/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen announces three opening dates. - Make it stand out While Kaysen remains nervous about reopening his restaurants, he’s confident in his team’s ability to move forward together. Dave Puente http://www.karenstabiner.com/ticking-clock-of-restaurant-relief daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/b16b0aa8-d8ad-4768-b603-d5fa4155018d/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Rebuilding, dismantling, and the ticking clock of restaurant relief: - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/a62aca7d-05ee-4a86-9a65-059e22bfefc5/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Rebuilding, dismantling, and the ticking clock of restaurant relief: - Make it stand out Eliesa Johnson/Nicolas Raymond/Flickr/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/story-behind-shutdown-notebook daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/4104f4c0-60c1-4acd-9c00-398b7aca09a3/1.jpeg West Coast editor Karen Stabiner on the story behind The Shutdown Notebook - Make it stand out Dave Puente/Nicolas Raymond/Flickr/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/ghost-town daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/0302b7bf-54e9-4c26-b6dd-5863ba64957f/1.jpeg “We’re not going to wait for something to happen" - Make it stand out Edobox is the first but not the last fast-casual project from Chef Makoto Okuwa, best known for full-service restaurants in Miami, Mexico City, Panama City, Panama and São Paolo, Brazil. Danielle Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7e210bd6-80ed-4cf6-9d05-14250cc42d42/1.png “We’re not going to wait for something to happen" - Make it stand out Photo by Danielle Adams / Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/eco-friendly-tableware daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/caee647d-d499-4ba4-a39d-c5074a284ed2/1.jpeg The boom in eco-friendly tableware is causing chaos at restaurants - Make it stand out Dig Inn’s to-go bags at a Midtown Manhattan location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/adb6662c-51a3-47b3-b901-158b6ef5d4ff/1.png The boom in eco-friendly tableware is causing chaos at restaurants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.karenstabiner.com/homemade-jam daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/36c26343-3589-4f86-8ea7-c46b961aff18/1.jpeg I was raised to believe that good food came in store-bought packages, but homemade jam - Make it stand out Nectarine jam the author made for a friend. Patricia Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c81e9ba5-a6a1-4ce5-9ae6-6dd8bd2ba364/1.jpeg I was raised to believe that good food came in store-bought packages, but homemade jam - Make it stand out Patricia Williams http://www.karenstabiner.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/377a1712-33ac-4b7b-8e67-ee1ad92e524c/2.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook is itself on temporary shutdown - Make it stand out Gavin Kaysen http://www.karenstabiner.com/food-halls daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/9b0d0276-8936-4872-a1a5-e27273748133/1.jpeg Food halls used to play second-best to real restaurants. - Make it stand out Food halls can be a saving grace for some businesses that might not otherwise have the same level of foot traffic. iStock/eyecrave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/8db74610-c2c8-4745-a323-902624c2a333/1.jpeg Food halls used to play second-best to real restaurants. - Make it stand out Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) http://www.karenstabiner.com/the-pete-wells-effect daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/e20d7571-29d9-4d7a-b7a7-44ba7a11d047/1.jpeg The Pete Wells Effect - Make it stand out Huertas managing partner Nate Adler and chef/owner Jonah Miller. Ramsey de Give https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1e682452-c05f-47ca-959a-9f61f90f0759/1.png The Pete Wells Effect - Make it stand out Data courtesy of Huertas Restaurant. Infographic by Claire Brown. http://www.karenstabiner.com/safe-fine-dining daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/738d6910-5356-46da-bc07-a35a924d5772/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Barstool barricades, DIY table settings - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/658d8217-a70a-4ba7-bb9c-2821f76e6c73/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Barstool barricades, DIY table settings - Make it stand out Kaysen considers erecting a changing tent for employees next to Spoon and Stable, so they can put on sanitized work clothes before they go inside. Dave Puente http://www.karenstabiner.com/ten-years-later-nothing-was-the-same daily 0.75 2024-11-24 http://www.karenstabiner.com/reality-of-reopening daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/adfc3fdc-0ee9-4dba-bfed-a498ab788407/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen ponders the reality of “re-open" - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/76450c46-85f8-4688-b34b-6f7e671d599a/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen ponders the reality of “re-open" - Make it stand out Takeout boxes stacked on Easter Sunday at Gavin Kaysen’s Bellecour restaurant. Dave Puente http://www.karenstabiner.com/abandoning-one-reopening-plan daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/f3cd0a0b-8c8f-4753-aafa-0ce1352b4fcd/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Last week’s reality would have been this week’s misstep - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/9bbc28be-e654-4320-a214-c4280d8d7a36/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Last week’s reality would have been this week’s misstep - Make it stand out Gavin Kaysen must figure out how to accommodate indoor restrooms for customers when businesses can only legally seat people outdoors. Dave Puente http://www.karenstabiner.com/the-shutdown-notebook daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/38c825d5-a2be-44b1-92d0-0769cd7bdb29/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/d7270da7-2332-47d4-9fda-a2629be70145/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/fine-dining-in-limbo daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/65eb4c21-4453-4835-9b91-0b3af865224d/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Fine-dining morphs into take-out, with no end in sight - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/56dbe18d-903b-4f4d-954f-5298209409d3/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Fine-dining morphs into take-out, with no end in sight - Make it stand out Gavin Kaysen sits in his home office responding to the hundreds of emails that fill his inbox. Dave Puente http://www.karenstabiner.com/old-jobs-new-jobs daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/9c11d1aa-4abd-4a3d-acbc-095d3206a8c9/1.jpeg Old jobs, new jobs: Rewriting a future in food - Make it stand out Erick M. Ramos http://www.karenstabiner.com/ten-years-after-top-chef-way-beyond-bourdain daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/455a2dee-061e-4f33-beae-10ecadf9836f/1.jpeg Ten years after Top Chef, way beyond Bourdain - Make it stand out Avery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1c14a6a3-5481-449c-940f-04db1ce4eecc/1.jpeg Ten years after Top Chef, way beyond Bourdain - Make it stand out Nancy Borowick http://www.karenstabiner.com/survive-in-past-covid daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/ca46d232-a5ab-4285-8c75-35990afdd4d7/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen says what made restaurants survive in the past can’t be the way - Make it stand out Gavin Kaysen writes behind the bar at Spoon and Stable. He has come to a resolution to stop guessing what will come next because the future is out of his control. Dave Puente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/27170f22-b47f-49b1-801d-1eb69d50207b/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen says what made restaurants survive in the past can’t be the way - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/gavin-kaysen-invites-you-to-demi daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/edad9146-6062-4d37-b962-888ed8437e79/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen invites you to Demi for dinner at eight - Make it stand out Demi’s 2019 spring menu. Demi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/c0032c8f-10c3-49f8-848c-943205e51b7c/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen invites you to Demi for dinner at eight - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/everything-nothing-change daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/7e4462ad-ff50-4e3e-b513-a7a6f3805466/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: “I fear everything will change. I fear nothing will change.” - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/cad9cc33-1a75-4de5-8452-c3e1e7d3d6de/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: “I fear everything will change. I fear nothing will change.” - Make it stand out Gavin Kaysen sits with Annah Walters, his assistant, at Spoon and Stable during a Zoom interview with The Counter. Dave Puente http://www.karenstabiner.com/its-lonely-at-the-top daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/26a1d100-0380-485c-9839-d9100585d69b/1.jpeg It’s lonely at the top, these days: Gavin Kaysen on a chef’s life, before, during and after Covid-19 - Make it stand out Gavin Kasen takes a video call in the front of his restaurant, Bellecour. Dave Puente https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/db0c9022-6b7e-47a4-b24f-9e92d4851b7d/1.jpeg It’s lonely at the top, these days: Gavin Kaysen on a chef’s life, before, during and after Covid-19 - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/jacques-pepin-rewrites daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1408fe9f-6777-44fc-9380-f97713ae4145/1.jpeg Chef Jacques Pépin got through the pandemic with kitchen utensils, a video camera - Make it stand out Portrait: Courtesy of the Jacques Pépin Foundation | Collage: Talia Moore for The Counter/iStock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/be78de2a-c5ac-42a1-8474-0f2f2228d4a8/1.jpeg Chef Jacques Pépin got through the pandemic with kitchen utensils, a video camera - Make it stand out Jacques, left, his daughter Claudine, right, and Rollie Wesen, above, created a video recipe book full of recipes contributed by a network of chefs, which went to everyone who bought a $40 annual membership. Ken Goodman http://www.karenstabiner.com/the-shutdown-notebook-gavin-kaysen-on-the-sorrow-of-shuttered-restaurants daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/6af79ae0-0112-47b0-80b4-a2c5798d5163/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen on the sorrow of shuttered restaurants - Make it stand out Kevin J. Miyazaki/Redux Pictures/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/d31ffb0f-652d-4d0e-8fe3-0c3b2d24fbe5/1.jpeg The Shutdown Notebook: Gavin Kaysen on the sorrow of shuttered restaurants - Make it stand out Photo by Libby Anderson/Flickr/Nicolas Raymond/Graphic by Talia Moore http://www.karenstabiner.com/i-quit-wait-im-broke-a-career-chef-searches-for-a-bridge-back-to-safe-employment daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/81ae2027-abe3-4770-ba88-679f7f398630/1.jpeg “I quit. Wait. I’m broke.”: A career chef searches for a bridge back to safe employment. - Make it stand out Chef Don Dickman, right, explaining his new menu to employees at Matteo’s, a legendary Los Angeles restaurant, in November, 2006. Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/befea139-5e3b-488b-b932-27788ab6a7c6/1.jpeg “I quit. Wait. I’m broke.”: A career chef searches for a bridge back to safe employment. - Make it stand out Portrait: Courtesy of Don Dickman, Collage: The Counter, iStock http://www.karenstabiner.com/no-choice-but-to-quit-priya-krishna-chose-unemployment-over-a-workplace-that-didnt-work daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/ef746a8e-60de-4f03-a508-634c203009e1/1.jpeg No choice but to quit: Priya Krishna chose unemployment over a workplace that didn’t work - Make it stand out Portrait: Edlyn D’Souza, Collage: The Counter, iStock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/ad6dad70-fbae-4d03-ac94-56cf43e7809f/1.jpeg No choice but to quit: Priya Krishna chose unemployment over a workplace that didn’t work - Make it stand out Priya resigned from Bon Appétit two months after editor Adam Rapoport left his position amid charges of racism. Edlyn D’Souza http://www.karenstabiner.com/crudo-e-nudo daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1661309966553-64UKF7B4PS7CBCEBSV3Q/7.jpg Against All Odds, Crudo e Nudo Has Created a Sustainable Restaurant Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1661309969225-M2T3HWVYVDHJ4871MOS8/8.jpg Against All Odds, Crudo e Nudo Has Created a Sustainable Restaurant Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1661310033264-AGXY9FENTD2WMJU3YYP8/9.jpg Against All Odds, Crudo e Nudo Has Created a Sustainable Restaurant Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/1661310036593-RDG8GZ9PC3WJY5ZMC6JC/10.jpg Against All Odds, Crudo e Nudo Has Created a Sustainable Restaurant Business https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/595825d7d2b857c0a9d2dacd/f4e7fba3-77c5-47bd-a28f-6de6612221a0/1+%285%29.jpg Against All Odds, Crudo e Nudo Has Created a Sustainable Restaurant Business - Make it stand out Outside Crudo e Nudo’s small Santa Monica storefront and protected sidewalk dining area. 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