As COVID Cases Rise, L.A. Bars and Restaurants Are Once Again Scrambling to Adapt

What should have been a summertime boom has given way to tough decisions and widespread uncertainty in the food and beverage world
Oren Peleg • Los Angeles Magazine • August 3, 2021
Lorena Tomb has a problem. It might seem like the founder and CEO of a commercial real estate firm would be up to her ears in vacant properties to show prospective clients in the wake of the long COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, but the reality of the...
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