{"id":21626,"date":"2020-11-27T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000016964"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T21:39:51","slug":"forced-to-close-patios-and-parklets-restaurants-revive-mini-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/news\/forced-to-close-patios-and-parklets-restaurants-revive-mini-markets","title":{"rendered":"Forced to close patios and parklets, restaurants revive mini-markets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mini-market at Rasselbock Kitchen and Beer Garden features German sweets, cookies and a variety of regional beers. (Photograph by Alena Maschke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After being forced to shut down all dine-in service<\/a> for at least three weeks, some Long Beach restaurants are once again going to use their indoor space to act as mini-markets. But unlike the restaurant-to-store conversions that happened during the first coronavirus closures in March<\/a>, restaurateurs are now focusing on specialty items like fresh pasta and imported treats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really going to stick to what we do this time,\u201d said Carl Dene, owner of Michael\u2019s Downtown, reflecting on the lessons learned from the previous lockdown. That means soups and desserts packaged and ready to go, as well as fresh pasta and sauces so patrons can recreate their favorite dishes at home.<\/p>\n

In March, the stay-at-home order hit so suddenly that many restaurants were left with an overstock of supplies, basic grocery items like eggs, milk and produce<\/a>. To meet a spike in demand for toilet paper and other household goods, some used their supply chains to order those as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to go as wild with the grocery stuff this time,\u201d Dene said. \u201cIt was nice and people bought it, but not as much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other restaurants are following a similar model. Rasselbock Kitchen and Beer Garden is offering German specialties from imported beers to chocolate Santas.<\/p>\n

With outdoor dining closed once again, owner Bjoern Risse said he hopes the market will supplement the restaurant\u2019s takeout and delivery business.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially with a German restaurant, people come to sit down and have a beer with friends,\u201d Risse said. \u201cThat\u2019s not very takeout-friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

While you can\u2019t quite take home the biergarten-feel, the sweets and treats lined up on wooden tables at Rasselbock\u2019s market may help amp up the Gem\u00fctlichkeit<\/i> in a decidedly uncomfortable, un-festive year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unlike the restaurant-to-store conversions that happened in March, restaurateurs are now focusing on specialty items like fresh pasta and imported treats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":71393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2002,31812],"tags":[871],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[19282],"class_list":["post-21626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-recent-articles","tag-restaurants","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21626"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=21626"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=21626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}