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Farmer’s Kitchen in Hollywood is ‘coming along’

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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Hollywood Farmers Market manager Pompea Smith says the Farmer’s Kitchen is expected to open in November or December in the Sunset and Vine retail/apartment complex. After renegotiating the lease with new owners and tackling ventilation and electrical problems, ‘it’s coming along,’ Smith says. ‘It’s great to see the walls going up and taking shape. And we’re now finalizing the kitchen equipment.’

The 1,500-square-foot space will house a commercial kitchen for restaurant-industry job training and cooking classes and a 25-seat cafe area (rendered at left, designed by Urban Studios). Smith says the cafe will offer lunch and eventually breakfast and early dinner. ‘By 7 p.m. we’d like to shift into classes,’ Smith says. The kitchen also will be used to process produce from farmers (for jams, jellies, pickles, etc.); ‘there’s so much left over after the Sunday market,’ Smith says.

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-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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