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    Good Food

    Reservations and digital menus: restaurants adapt to the new normal

    With confusing guidelines and restrictions for reopening, Los Angeles Times Deputy Food Editor Andrea Chang reports on what guests can expect when visiting their favorite restaurants.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jun 19, 2020 • 1 min read

    With confusing guidelines and restrictions for reopening, Los Angeles Times Deputy Food Editor Andrea Chang reports on what guests can expect when visiting their favorite restaurants. Korean barbecue spots and Ethiopian restaurants, where communal eating is the culture, are struggling to adapt their formats. Meanwhile, the all-you-can-eat buffet veers toward extinction.

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Queer hospitality, restaurant reopenings, sandwiches
    1. 0:00Cuties coffee shop: Making sense of the world and finding community
    2. 7:18Coming out: A brief history of the queer hospitality industry
    3. 17:51Reservations and digital menus: restaurants adapt to the new normalYou’re reading this
    4. 30:47Online ordering: the key to survival for Chinatown and SGV restaurants
    5. 37:52Keeping it together between two slices of bread
    6. 46:10Chef Susan Feniger: ‘I never spent this much time at home in my whole adult life’
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      Evan Kleiman

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

      CultureFood & DrinkLos Angeles

    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Queer hospitality, restaurant reopenings, sandwiches
    1. 0:00Cuties coffee shop: Making sense of the world and finding community
    2. 7:18Coming out: A brief history of the queer hospitality industry
    3. 17:51Reservations and digital menus: restaurants adapt to the new normalYou’re reading this
    4. 30:47Online ordering: the key to survival for Chinatown and SGV restaurants
    5. 37:52Keeping it together between two slices of bread
    6. 46:10Chef Susan Feniger: ‘I never spent this much time at home in my whole adult life’
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