How once-illegal backyard restaurants are coming out of the shadows to redraw L.A.’s culinary map

How once-illegal backyard restaurants are coming out of the shadows to redraw L.A.’s culinary map

A radical deregulation of restaurant requirements is turning hundreds of backyards into booming businesses and reshaping how Los Angeles eats. A state initiative to make it easier to start home food businesses has taken off in the last year. It is not only bringing more options to food deserts, but also empowering smaller, local entrepreneurs … Read more