Enter a summer evening in Los Angeles, a haven for all-you-can-eat street food. (via eaterla)
As the sun sets in Westlake, brightly colored canopies go up and plumes of smoke waft from charcoal grills nearby. Murmurs begin as hungry groups weave through food tents and comb menus to create a plan of attack: one person in charge of the elote, another in line for the yaki mochi, and a third to tackle the boba tea. Snacks accumulate and attendees pause to lick chile powder off the corn as the night’s band plugs their guitars into amps that crackle above the grill fire.
MAMA, a team of approximately 12 Asian American producers dedicated to exploring the immigrant experience through food, began organizing night markets in 2022 as a means of celebrating LA’s multiethnic cultures. On May 27, the collective held its 21-and-up night market in the parking lot of 1057 South San Pedro Street in Downtown.
“It takes a lot of time,” Jue says of the scouting process. “It’s unlike anything else to convince legacy restaurants to change what they’ve been doing and try something new.” With a ballooning number of new dining and commercial attractions, Chinatown has become an attractive destination for prospective businesses — sometimes without the consideration of its long-standing residents. In 2022, CCEDof KCRW’s Summer Nights in Central Plaza, bringing attention to how the event bypassed the input of its residents. Only six of the 30 vendors that participated in Summer Nights resided in Chinatown; one of them had to ask to even be considered.
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