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fromTasting Table
4 days ago

This Award-Winning BBQ Restaurant Defied The Odds After Bankruptcy - Tasting Table

Darneille opened Smokecraft Modern Barbecue in 2020 - directly following the year in which his team won over 70 awards on the festival circuit. While he didn't know it then, the timing could not have been worse. Between finding the perfect spot in Clarendon, a neighborhood in northern Arlington County, and fitting it out with all of the telltale signs of a great BBQ restaurant for the grand opening, COVID-19 struck.
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fromSFGATE
1 week ago

A new law could bring 20 new restaurants to downtown SF. Not everyone is happy.

San Francisco can issue up to 20 low-cost downtown liquor licenses, enabling new restaurants but raising competition and survival concerns among existing businesses.
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

The last indie bookstore in a wealthy Calif. town is going under

In the early days of December 2024, Michelle Pierce, the owner of the recently opened indie bookstore Malibu Village Books, was finally starting to feel like her little shop was finding its footing. Opened the year before, the store had just launched a big book fair at a Malibu school, and was well into making inroads with other local institutions to collaborate on events.
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