WEBVTT - RUBI- LA Dining Trends 2024

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<v Speaker 1>Does our show some of us just skew foody, It

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<v Speaker 1>just skew. Excuse me too, excuse excuse food. We like food.

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<v Speaker 1>We just like it, even if we don't get to

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<v Speaker 1>taste it, we like talking about it. Yes, So we're

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<v Speaker 1>a few days into the new year and there's a report.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a report that came out ruby? Yes? And

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<v Speaker 1>how they frame up the report? What is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Basically, you know LA dining trends that we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see in twenty twenty four. Some of them may be

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<v Speaker 2>like carrying over from last year, like LA's Alfresco dining program.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, great, all right, so let's run this down. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to see this in Los Angeles this year.

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<v Speaker 2>God, definitely. We saw a lot of this during the

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<v Speaker 2>pandemic and of course last year, and then LA City

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<v Speaker 2>Council voted unanimously to continue to allow restaurants to convert

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<v Speaker 2>spaces like sidewalks and parking lots to outdoor eating areas.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll definitely see a lot more of that probably

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<v Speaker 2>this year as well, now that it's officially legal. And

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<v Speaker 2>then also the rise of grocer dining spots, So think

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<v Speaker 2>about a smaller market where you can not just get groceries,

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<v Speaker 2>but you can also get like a small bite to eat,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's a sandwich or kind of like a cafe slash.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, grocery fusion. And some examples of that include

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<v Speaker 2>Sua Superette En Larchmont, Little Fish in Echo Park, and

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<v Speaker 2>Carla's in Highland Park, who was actually one of our

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<v Speaker 2>hometown hustlers. I don't know if you remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>I do remember. I remember looking at pictures of her

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<v Speaker 1>store too. She got all that great stuff. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>say grocer or grocer?

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<v Speaker 2>Grocer?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you say? Name groceries? Grocer groceries.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we've done this before, we have.

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<v Speaker 1>Well we're doing it again, Tony. What do you say?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't use the term grocer? Okay, what would you

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<v Speaker 1>just play long for a second if you were to

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<v Speaker 1>say it, what would you say?

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<v Speaker 2>Grocery?

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you use? Grocery store? No, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you use? You don't use the term grocer. I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know what a grocer is. Grocery or

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<v Speaker 1>sre grocery store. You go to the grocer store, grocery,

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<v Speaker 1>grocery store. I go to the grocery store. I go

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<v Speaker 1>to the grocery store. So you say grocery, but they

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<v Speaker 1>say grocer. I mean, I don't refer to someone as

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<v Speaker 1>a grocer. I'm talking to Carla. I'm talking to the grocer.

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<v Speaker 1>Never come home inside of my mouth me either. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think we've done this before. What else? Ruby's on

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<v Speaker 1>the list of dining trends for the new year.

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<v Speaker 2>And lastly, Italian food will be a major trend for

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<v Speaker 2>local dining. Obviously, Italian food is big on it. You

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<v Speaker 2>know it's it's always been big. But think about places

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<v Speaker 2>that open last year mostly Italian, like Funky and Beverly

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<v Speaker 2>Hills and also in Donna's in Echo Park.

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<v Speaker 1>When has Italian food ever gone out? I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>Italian food is the go to food that everybody can

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<v Speaker 1>agree on. Absolutely. I saw it was looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>whatever Los Angeles magazine. Maybe they put up the list

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<v Speaker 1>of the where they rank all the restaurants. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>Funky was number one. Yeah, number one on that list.

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<v Speaker 2>Evan Funky Yeah, owns a few different restaurants that are

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<v Speaker 2>really mother Wolf Felix.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. He said, there's a documentary on Mark is it

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon Prime or Prime? There's a food documentary where he

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<v Speaker 1>was like struggling in Los Angeles. He's right out of here,

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<v Speaker 1>struggling in LA. Then he can't open his restaurant, so

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<v Speaker 1>he disappears. He goes over to Italy and lives with

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of Nonah's grandma's and learns how to make

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and fifty different kinds of pasta, comes back

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<v Speaker 1>and opens these places here in LA. That is yes, Prime,

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<v Speaker 1>It's a good if you like food's a good food documentary.

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<v Speaker 1>How you impressed, an't you?

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<v Speaker 2>He has impressed.

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<v Speaker 1>You knew where it was streaming, found it on my own. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>He also shops locally at a lot of farmers' markets

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<v Speaker 2>for all the produce and stuff for his restaurants, so

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<v Speaker 2>I love that as well.