There's no "back to normal" for the restaurant industry

Catastrophes and opportunities
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • September 17, 2020
Monica Lee opened Beverly Soon Tofu in 1986, and over three decades it became one of Koreatown’s bedrocks for nourishment. But earlier this month, the tofu house announced on Instagram that it was closing permanently as of Sept. 20 — yet another...
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