Many vendors find the work and driving heavy, the profits thin. As certified farmers markets have proliferated in recent years, it may appear as if everyone and his uncle is getting into the game. Some vendors indeed are flourishing, but others have been stretched thin by the expansion and resulting dilution of farmers markets. Selling at farmers markets has always involved manifold risks, ineffi
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Los Angeles TimesBill Chait navigates rocky shoals of LA restaurant businessLos Angeles TimesBy Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times Bill Chait is leading a half-dozen colleagues through a two-story factory that has been converted into lofts on the edge of downtown's Arts District. The building is the future home of his next project, ...and more »
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BEVERLY HILLS— Starting February 27 Bouchon offers to-go buckets of fried chicken. To be clear, this is the famed Ad Hoc fried chicken that Thomas Keller made famous up in Napa. And it's not cheap. Cost: $36/person. [EaterWire] HIGHLAND PARK—...
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Gold L.A. Observed drops a whopping rumor today that Jonathan Gold was spotted pressing the flesh over in the L.A. Times building this week, then spilling more speculation by pointing to loose talk around town that has the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic possibly jumping ship back to the paper following his Gold Standard event early next month. Hiring back a critic of Gold's stature would fly in
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Maybe the "most Chinese" on the west side. Serious large menu, ambitious but lives up to it. Interior much nicer than placement in a small strip mall would suggest. Experiment with dishes you have not…
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Another great mandarin, Daisy, is approaching too.The Dekopon, a Japanese hybrid of mandarin and orange reputed to be the most delicious citrus in the world, created a sensation last year when California-grown fruit showed up at local groceries under the marketing name Sumo, after a dozen years of secrecy and intrigue. The new crop has started arriving at stores and will be available at the S
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We made the reservation at 4:00 PM. We were not served tea until 4:25. My friend ordered the White Darjeeling tea and they offered him Orange Pekoe instead because they had ran out. I spoke to the manager, Andrew and reminded him that we came for their 'high tea' and the food finally arrived at 4:40 P.M. The food from their fixed menu came and this is nothing like high tea service/food that we ha
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Los Angeles TimesThe Review: Bäco Mercat makes it easy to get carried awayLos Angeles Times(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times / January 26, 2012) By S. Irene Virbila Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic Navigating downtown is — there's no getting around it — tough. Even though I work there, I can never remember which one-way streets go which ...and more »
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