Here in Los Angeles, the conventional wisdom of our upbringing was that Los Angeles is a sprawling, vast city. Indeed, at about 503 square miles, there is much ado about this town, civic and culture-wise.
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Nowadays, there are more localities carving out their cultural identity, and gatherings of people, out on the streets and sidewalks, are becoming more common. Entrepreneurial types see an opportunity in providing fulfillments to the people, sometimes in innovative ways. In this updating blog, I’ll cover some of the happening destinations of the greater Los Angeles area street scenes that feature vendors (perhaps I’ll expand, and cover different locales in Southern California).
12/19/2021
On this evening, I went out shopping for groceries. I had an itching to make some Chinese food, and I ended up buying fixings for spring rolls, which are not Chinese, per se, rather, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. I went to Seafood City Supermarket, which I thought was a Chinese market, having not shopped here for many years, at this point. I wanted to revisit this old spot that I had shopped at, back when I had a car. As it turns out, Seafood City is more of a Filipino market. Not bad, though. I was able to get most of the groceries I needed in order to make spring rolls, although I needed a lot of basil and mint, which I ended up getting from Whole Foods, back in DTLA.
Along the way home, I walked down Vermont, on the way to the Metro Red Line. I came across a cute crepe stand down on Vermont called Ricas Crepas, next to Vons and Ralph’s. The food smelled great, and they have several choices on their crepe menu, if you’re in to sweet foods. The street atmosphere is bustling at night, and they open at 6 p.m. on weeknights to serve the pedestrians and passersby, with a brightly-lit and colorful booth-style presentation that spills out delightfully on to the street.
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