Labor
A small world: How caste discrimination came to California
CalMatters 6/8
Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of fellow immigrants.
Inside the shocking rise and fall of one of the wildest restaurants California has ever seen
San Francisco Chronicle 6/8
It was hailed as a culturally momentous, radically inclusive restaurant run by a young Black queer woman determined to upend the norms of fine dining.
Food Industry Policy
Opinion: Consumer convenience is key to making bottle bills work
The Mercury News 6/8
Since the 1970s, when the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” campaign was born, we’ve all been taught that if we put our food and beverage containers and cardboard in a special bin, these materials will receive new life.
Bill is introduced to bring down restaurants’ swipe fees
Restaurant Business 6/7
Restaurants would be able to shop for lower credit-card processing fees under a bipartisan bill that was introduced in both chambers of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday.
On the Side
180+ Independent Restaurants Receive $5,000 Grant From California Restaurant Foundation’s Resilience Fund
Restaurant News 6/7
Sacramento, CA (RestaurantNews.com) The California Restaurant Foundation (CRF), a nonprofit that invests in and empowers California restaurants and their workforce, has proudly awarded 184 independent restaurants with $5,000 grants as part of its third consecutive Restaurants Care® Resilience Fund.
The 30-year feud between two San Francisco clown restaurants
SFGATE 6/8
“You ask any cab driver in town where the best burger is, and they’d say Clown Alley — and they’d mean us,” San Francisco restaurateur Bill Pailhe told reporters in 1994. “But sometimes people went to the other one.”
