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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT September 21, 2018 · Volume 66 · Issue 2

Los Angeles makes use of Alameda Produce Market weekly

BY NINASOPHIA STOWE

A&E EDITOR

There is nothing foodies love more than options and a food and shop festival is their onestop-shop of happiness. While Riverside has many food options, including the recent addition of the Riverside Food Lab, the variety that Los Angeles has to of er is endless.

Every Sunday in downtown Los Angeles, Smorgasburg LA opens up to the public for a weekly food and shop vendor festival on a fi ve-acre site at the Alameda Produce Market, which is part of ROW DTLA.

Kenyce Lytle, senior psychology and sociology major, grew up in South Central Los Angeles and can speak to the glamour of the city that attracts so many tourists.

“It’s such a famous city. There’s a sparkle around LA from the Pink Wall to Melrose, there’s so much to do,” Lytle said. “Smorgasburg is like a mash-up of so many dif erent things. It has everything and you can try dif erent things and hop from tent to tent. It’s just very LA with all the variety. It shows all the culture in LA.”

The market of ers a variety of food, drinks and shopping to all visitors. The event is outdoors but of ers free parking at a nearby parking garage with more than 4,000 available spots.

Smorgasburg market originally started in New York City in June 2016. The event was inspired to be a spin-of of Brooklyn Flea, which was founded in 2008. Since it’s kick of years

ago, Smorgasburg has been running successfully, attracting 8,000 to 12,000 attendees year round. Smorgasburg was called “The Woodstock of Eating” by the New York Times.

Bryan Moreno, crew member at Big Viking Vintage, has been working for the company for fi ve years and for the past year and a half he’s been working as a vendor at Smorgasburg. Big Viking Vintage pop-up at Smorgasburg LA of ers a variety of band T-shirts and records for any local or tourist.

“It’s really cool—it attracts a lot of people, the vibe is cool, there’s a good energy, the music’s nice and the food is great,” Moreno said. “Daddy’s Fried Chicken is my favorite place here because, like everything here, it’s really good but a little dif erent. It may be a little pricey but it’s defi nitely worth it.”

Among Daddies Fried Chicken, there are food vendors that represent multiple styles and cultures. From Amazebowls, which sells açai bowls and smoothies, to Baldoria, which serves sweet and savory waf e cone snacks, to Donut Friend and Bubby Pops, which of ers vegan-friendly treats, Smorgasburg LA has desserts covered on the menu.

Moreno said it is the variety of Smorgasburg and what it is that attracts so many visitors.

“It’s so dif erent than what you normally see. The vendors here will fi nd two dif erent meals, put them together, and give it a new name and a lot of people like it,” Moreno

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Isla Trippy, Riverside resident, checks out pop-up vendor Big Viking Vintage, looking for the perfect Neil Young T-shirt, at Smorgasburg LA.

highly regarded by regulars, and newcomers alike. However, the weekly event of ers more than just food. Many of the vendors who set up shop at the market do not sell food but other merchandise.

Shopping options range in creativity and interest. Many of er merchandise specializing in wellness, vintage, clothing, jewelry, hand-made soaps or candles and design.

Isla Trippy, Riverside local, went to Smorgasburg for her fi rst time and said she enjoyed all the food and shop vendors at the festival.

“It was really cool because of all the options,” Trippy said. “Depending on what kind of food you were feeling like, they had pretty much anything you might want. It was a very diverse festival.”

Many Riverside locals and students on campus are not usually willing to drive to Los Angeles. However, Trippy said it was worth the drive because of all the options.

“I feel like LA is kind of the place to go if you want to try cool things that you wouldn’t fi nd locally. There’s a lot of conceptual food places that are popping up more commonly in Los Angeles and Smorgasburg can of er that,” Trippy said.

The Alameda Produce Market makes use of its space outside of Smorgasburg LA. The market location also puts on cultural events, pop-ups and more.

Smorgasburg LA is located at 777 Alameda St, Los Angeles, and is open Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. With more than 90 food and shopping vendors, there are plenty of options for fi rst-timers and returners.

Mariela Anguelov, volunteer at The Heritage House, explains the stereoscope, an old form of viewing photos.

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Riverside of ers history with classic Victorian Heritage house to locals

Located on Magnolia Avenue, down the street from California Baptist University, resides Riverside’s Heritage House. BY ABBY WOLF ASST. A&E EDITOR the Riverside Heritage House in 1963, when the Junior League of Riverside wanted to fi nd a home that depicted what life was like in the 1890s. Lia Riccio, sophomore history major, said conserving history and honoring it is important. “ I would love to go there because its gorgeous and I enjoy learning about the history of where I live and I love museums. Kimberly Gledhill,

The Heritage House is a Vic“It is good to take time to rejunior sociology major torian-style home owned by the member history so that you can Riverside Metropolitan Musepass on the stories of who lived 15,000 people visit every year director of the Point living area, um. It is free to visit and just a here before, learn from the past, and events boast well over 1,000 mentioned other ways for stushort walk from the university’s and use it to shape the future,” participants. dents to see historic Riverside. main campus, in the center of Riccio said. Kimberly Gledhill, junior “It’s really special to have Riverside. Riccio also recommended all sociology major, said she would something so unique and close

The elaborate home origstudents take time to check out like to see what is inside the by. There are quite a few historinally belonged to James and the Heritage House. house but has not attended any ic landmarks right in Riverside Catherine Bettner. The married “It is a good thing for stuevents yet. that are easy to check out, and couple settled in Riverside soon dents to attend because a lot “I saw the Heritage House all have stories that give you inafter it was built in the 1870s. of CBU students aren’t from on Magnolia Avenue but did not sight into the area of Riverside,”

The home was built in 1891 around the area, so it is good know that you could tour it and Fillmore said. for Catherine Bettner. It stands for them to learn about the city that they have events,” Gledhill The Heritage House was out because it is designed with they are living in now,” Riccio said. “I would love to go there added to the National Regisa raised foundation in a promisaid. because it is gorgeous. I enjoy ter of Historic Places in 1973. nent location that at one point The Heritage House hosts learning about the history of It is open to the public Friday in time could be seen by all of many events in which students where I live and I love musethrough Sunday and operating the Bettners neighbors. can participate in. Estimates ums.” hours start at 12 p.m. admission

The Bettners home became from its website show that Melissa Fillmore, resident is free.