In The Weeds
In restaurant lingo, to be "in the weeds" is to feel overwhelmed in the thick of chaos. In pre-pandemic times, it often referred to drowning in orders. COVID-19 radically altered the restaurant industry, and brought a different kind of chaos and struggle to those who depend on it to survive. These intimate first person confessions are their stories.
‘In the Weeds’: Ria Dolly Barbosa’s Petite Peso is a corner spot for opportunity
In the WeedsThe corner of 7th and Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles has seen its fair share of lumpia. If restaurant spaces have lineages, Petite Peso is a third generation Filipino concept.
‘In the Weeds’: a family empire built on masa
In the WeedsTacos are life in LA and every great taco starts with a great tortilla.