United by tragedy, California dining club aims to save one restaurant at a time
In wildfire-devastated Altadena, a ‘little misfit group’ of diners are supporting struggling business – and each otherOn a Friday evening at El Caporal, a southern California restaurant, the dining room buzzed with chatter. For owner Neddy Morelos, the soundtrack was a welcome contrast to the...
<p>In wildfire-devastated Altadena, a ‘little misfit group’ of diners are supporting struggling business – and each other</p><p>On a Friday evening at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elcaporall/?hl=en">El Caporal</a>, a southern California restaurant, the dining room buzzed with chatter. For owner Neddy Morelos, the soundtrack was a welcome contrast to the silence of other nights when employees joked that they could hear a fly flap its wings.</p><p>For the first time since January, when the Eaton fire bore down on her restaurant on Fair Oaks Avenue, a busy thoroughfare in Altadena, every vaquero-themed banquette was filled with hungry customers.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/california-altandena-wildfires">Continue reading...</a>
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