Did L.A. restaurants open too soon? One restaurant says yes

Nathaniel Muñoz of Bar Avalon talks about why he thinks restaurants should hit pause on reopening.
Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • June 20, 2020
In early March, two weeks before the coronavirus shut down L.A. dining rooms — before the new reality of disposable menus, face-shield-wearing servers and robot waiters — I wrote an enthusiastic review of Bar Avalon in Echo Park. In the review, I...
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