if you go straight down western on venice, the whole plaza burned on fire. we were calling 911 and there was no response. anthony: did the cops come at all? roy choi: i was here all three days. i didn t see any cops. anthony: well, where did they set up their front line? roy choi: rodeo drive. anthony: where did the forces of law and order set up their perimeter? not here. koreatown was left to its own devices. the official borders are third street on the north end, olympic boulevard to the south, vermont avenue on the east, and western avenue to the west. that s three square miles left pretty much to burn or fend for itself. this rooftop quickly became the command post for rapidly improvised korean defense forces. they armed themselves, set up crude but effective command and control communication, and patrols. roy choi: we weren t going around just slugging and, and capping people. all that was happening was,
i give you your money back. but within those rules, there s a lot of love, and there s, there s a lot of care. anthony: across town in venice is a-frame, roy s first brick-and-mortar. roy choi: this used to be an ihop, so everything s anthony: oh, yeah? roy choi: yeah, everything s really narrow. anthony: ah, hence the, uh, the shape. it s heavily influenced by local takes on hawaiian cooking, not that you d necessarily notice. every dish designed to be eaten with the hands. what s good? the baby back ribs are air-dried, braised, then breaded and fried. lean cod tacos treated like shawarma. beer can crackling chicken it s brined, rotisseried, then air-dried like peking duck, then fried. meanwhile, not too far away, on sawtelle, a kogi truck pulls up, stops, reverses back to the corner. before the awning is even up, there s already a line. hungry people have been waiting in cars or around the corner
good deal. i just want to know why you re so sentimental about the business of feeding people. it s a trippy state of romanticism. like, i m very hard-ass, too. like you pack your own [ expletive ], you get what you get. if you complain, i take the food out of your hands and give you your money back. but within those rules, there s a lot of love. there s a lot of care. across town in venice is a-frame, roy s first brick and mortar. this used to be a ihop, so everything is really narrow. hence the shape. it s heavily influenced by local takes on hawaiian cooking, not that you would necessarily notice. every dish designed to be eaten with the hands. what s good? the baby back ribs are air-dried, braised, then breaded and fried. ling cod tacos treated like
to say people were angry would be an understatement. they don t represent the people no more! south central was that way. so you could almost feel it like a tidal wave coming. the lapd were completely unprepared for what happened next. everything you see right here, all this was being looted, chairs and rocks and everything being thrown through walls. if you go straight down western on venice, the whole plaza burned on fire. we were calling 911, and there was no response. did the cops come at all? i was here all three days. i didn t see any cops. well, where did they set up their front line? rodeo drive. where did the forces of law and order set up their perimeter? not here. koreatown was left to its own devices. the official borders are third street on the north end, olympic boulevard to the south, vermont avenue in the east and western avenue to the west. that s three square miles left pretty much to burn or fend for itself.
king. in april of that year, they were acquitted. for me, it was a holy [ expletive ], i never saw that coming moment. for african-americans it was a somewhat ruder surprise. to say people were angry would be an understatement. they don t represent the people no more! south central was that way. so you could almost feel it like a tidal wave coming. the lapd were completely unprepared for what happened next. everything you see right here, all this was being looted, chairs and rocks and everything being thrown through walls. if you go straight down western on venice, the whole plaza burned on fire. we were calling 911, and there was no response. did the cops come at all? i was here all three days. i didn t see any cops. well, where did they set up their front line? rodeo drive. where did the forces of law and order set up their perimeter? not here. koreatown was left to its own devices. the official borders are third street on the north end, olympic