Restaurants and Urbanism

Thoughts on "urban" energy without the form

I’m bouncing off a piece by Joel Kotkin here today, which—I was, and you might be, surprised—I substantially agree with. What I find interesting is Kotkin’s framing, which I somewhat disagree with, and want to think about.

It’s an article about restaurants, particularly small, independent, immigrant-owned restaurants, in California, and how state regulat…