The Ruby Fruit’s owners themselves had thrown occasional lesbian nights at Eszett - called Leszette. Los Angeles, for what it’s worth, has a thriving lesbian party scene: Lez Croix, Divorce and Bar Subaru pop up regularly. she was already aware of the city’s dearth of lesbian-owned spaces a fan and follower of docuseries and website the Lesbian Bar Project, she’d been aware of the dwindling locations across the country. In New York she frequented Southpaw along with beloved spaces Ginger’s, Cubbyhole and Henrietta Hudson. and began focusing on her work in the restaurant industry, she realized she loved it and that the possibility of opening a bar could be more than a pipe dream. shortly before the pandemic after 15 years in New York City, where she held a range of jobs and aspirations - one of which was the dream of opening a lesbian bar. When the dust settles they hope to focus more on their hot sauce retail line, which is still available via, and maybe consult or pop up elsewhere.Īnd, of course, they’re looking forward to supporting L.A.’s first new lesbian bar in years, which is expected to open next month.īielagus moved to L.A. The Bezaires announced the closure on Instagram one week before their last night of service their reservations booked up instantly. I just wanted to do anything to keep them in it, and they said, ‘Thank you. I said take my salary out of the equation, put me back hourly. “I offered any solution I could possibly think of: I offered to quit. “My first reaction was I was just devastated,” Herbkersman said. It presented an opportunity, but one she would rather not take, given the cost. The news was gutting Herbkersman views Sabrina Bezaire as a kind of mentor and the guiding voice who introduced her to the world of natural wine. In November they approached Herbkersman with the prospect of taking over the restaurant’s lease and buying out the equipment: If the Bezaires were going to sell, they wanted to keep it in the family and help much of the staff maintain their jobs. In late 2022, they decided to call it quits. Through the pandemic they added menu items for takeout, constructed a small parking-lot patio, expanded their house-made hot sauce retail operation, trimmed staff - eventually to the point of solely the Bezaires keeping service afloat for months - and they launched daytime specials, such as an artful, rotating “brunch box.” The pivots helped them hang on, but barely, and each time Spencer Bezaire felt they lost a bit more of what their original identity had been. With only three months of normal operations before the pandemic’s first closures and pivots, they felt they never had a chance to get their business off the ground. After careers in the industry at the likes of L&E Oyster Bar and Highland Park Brewery, they finally opened Eszett as a kind of elegant but approachable neighborhood wine bar in December 2019. The Bezaires had dreamed for years of opening their own restaurant. Though the closure was planned for years due to the opening of a nearby location along La Brea, the Pico restaurant was a special place for many Angelenos. The Pico location of Roscoe’s Chicken ‘n Waffles has closed. Food Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘n Waffles closes its Pico location after 32 years
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