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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today s launch of Más Veggies Taqueria, Veggie Grill s new virtual concept, is the first national Mexican restaurant offering all plant-based and planet-friendly food for delivery only. The virtual taqueria features an innovative menu in partnership with plant-based leader Beyond Meat® and offers a range of crave-worthy tacos, burritos, bowls, and nachos, made entirely without animal products. The new concept addresses the surging consumer demand for plant-based options and the current preference for convenient contactless delivery due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mexican food is a hugely popular menu choice in the U.S., and there is a lack of dedicated plant-based Mexican offerings. More Americans today are being mindful of how they live, eat and care for the planet and are demanding more plant-based food options. Kajsa Alger, Veggie Grill s VP of Food and Bever
The Groundlings present the online storytelling night, Sh!t My Folks Don t Know. (Courtesy of The Groundlings)
Tuesday, Jan. 19; 7 p.m. PST
Sh!t My Folks Don t Know
Groundlings alum Karen Maruyama directs this live virtual comedy show featuring Jillian Bell (
Bless the Harts), Michael Hitchcock (
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Jeremy Rowley (
Bless the Harts), Ian Gary (
Top Gun: Maverick) and Michaela Watkins (
The Unicorn). The cast shares some of their deepest, dirtiest secrets stories even their closest loved ones haven t heard. yet.
Laverne Cox is featured in the documentary Disclosure, and participates in a Hammer Museum panel on the film. (Courtesy of Netflix)
“We all have capes on,” Kim Prince said . “I tell all these female restaurant owners, don’t tuck your capes in. Wear them out and let them fly.”
The owner of Hotville Chicken at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw mall is part of a new all-female Los Angeles organization called Regarding Her, or RE:Her. The group is creating a growing network of female chefs and restaurateurs to support one another with mentorship and resources. The newly formed 501(c)(3) has about 80 members, including All Day Baby, Akasha, Playa Provisions, Kismet, Porridge + Puffs, Socalo, Meals by Genet and Ronan. RE:Her plans to host a 10-day festival in January to coincide with the anniversary of the Women’s March on Jan. 21.
Restaurant Workers Sound Off On the Difficulty of LA’s Second Shutdown
On-site dining remains closed while hospitality workers navigate SoCal’s massive coronavirus surge and the second shutdown
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On December 17, Southern California hit a frightening milestone. Intensive care unit capacity throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Imperial, Mono, and Inyo counties dropped to 0 percent. The region’s December 6 stay at home order projected a three-week span to curb the spread, ending on December 28. But given the current data, that date seems less likely to hold, meaning that, for now, the accompanying on-site dining ban will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.
Restaurateurs on the Las Vegas Strip Cope With Diminished Capacity but Vow to Carry On
Four restaurant owners on the Strip share what business is like right now and how they will survive
The Las Vegas Strip in front of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas |
A little more than two weeks into the state’s “pause” that restricted restaurants and bars to 25 percent capacity, permitted only four people per table, and required reservations to slow the spread of COVID-19, independent restaurant owners on the Strip are still trying to figure out how to adapt to make these mandates work. Gov. Steve Sisolak called for three weeks of new restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving, just as restaurants were preparing to serve visitors prix fixe menus of Diestel Farms turkey slices and wedges of pumpkin pie that had, in the past, been a slight revenue boon for November. The new mandates reduced capacity by half of what it had been the previous six months, putting new obstacles in the way of rest