How Local Landmark Lawry’s Fought Its Way Back from the Brink of Extinction

Shut down by the pandemic, one of the city’s oldest and most beloved restaurants made countless on-the-fly adjustments, all while trying to preserve what’s kept people coming back for decades
Jeanne Dorin McDowell • Los Angeles Magazine • April 21, 2021
In late February 2020, several weeks before Mayor Eric Garcetti officially ordered Los Angeles to shut down on account of COVID-19, Ryan Wilson was already moving to ensure the survival of one of the city’s oldest and most beloved restaurants. The...
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