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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Pop-Up Restaurants

    Opening a restaurant is a risky business, with some studies saying half of all restaurants fail in the first year. So, restaurateurs are using a newer model: pop-ups. These are temporary restaurants where diners can sample a chef’s creations for a limited time.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 23, 2016 • 1 min read

    Opening a restaurant is a risky business, with some studies saying half of all restaurants fail in the first year. So, restaurateurs are using a newer model: pop-ups. These are temporary restaurants where diners can sample a chef’s creations for a limited time. Once a cool quirky trend, pop-up restaurants are now becoming as mainstream as food trucks.

    The full episode

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    A New Drug Epidemic, Young Voter Trends, and Peter Mondavi
    1. 0:00Youth Lockup
    2. 8:58The New Heroin Epidemic
    3. 22:26Figuring Out Young Voters
    4. 32:49Peter Mondavi Dies
    5. 44:55Pop-Up RestaurantsYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Katherine Spiers

      LA Weekly; Producer of Smarth Mouth

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    A New Drug Epidemic, Young Voter Trends, and Peter Mondavi
    1. 0:00Youth Lockup
    2. 8:58The New Heroin Epidemic
    3. 22:26Figuring Out Young Voters
    4. 32:49Peter Mondavi Dies
    5. 44:55Pop-Up RestaurantsYou’re reading this
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