As Diners Return, Restaurants Face a New Hurdle: Finding Workers Brett Anderson © Alfonso Duran for The New York Times All Day, a Miami coffee shop and restaurant, has struggled to find workers, including baristas. The business closed for all of February because of staffing shortages.
MIAMI All Day, a downtown coffee shop and restaurant, started the year on a high note. January was its busiest month since the start of the pandemic. “It was like turning on a light switch,” said Camila Ramos, an owner.
Business was so good, it pushed All Day’s staff to a near-breaking point, Ms. Ramos said. When she had trouble hiring reinforcements to help with the increased traffic, she was forced to make a counterintuitive decision: She closed All Day for the month of February.
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16 Tongue-Numbing Sichuan Restaurants to Try in Los Angeles
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For more than a decade, Sichuan food has taken Los Angeles by storm to become one of the most popular regional Chinese cuisines in the city. Prior to Sichuan’s rise, LA’s Chinese food scene was dominated by Cantonese and Taiwanese establishments. The uptick in mainland Chinese immigration these past two decades, along with substantial financial investments from abroad, has led to an explosion of Sichuan restaurants in the Southland. The cuisine’s bold flavors, coupled with its liberal use of garlic, chile peppers, and tingling “mala” numbing spice, has made it a craveable experience that people cannot get enough of. Here now are 16 sensational Sichuan restaurants to try in LA.
Broken Spanish at NeueHouse Hollywood
Ray Garcia’s Alta California restaurant Broken Spanish closed in 2020, but it’s returning for a limited run within NeueHouse Hollywood. Though the workspace is private, the restaurant’s pop-up from Thursdays to Saturdays, Feb. 25 to March 27 is open to the public. Much of the menu will be new, including a tetela with fava beans, charcoal-grilled black adobo mushrooms, and scallop aguachile. A handful of Broken Spanish cocktails will be served as well. The popup will offer patio dining only.
Broken Spanish returns as a popup at NeueHouse Hollywood, Thursdays to Saturdays, Feb. 25 to March 27.