Five Months After the Eaton Fire, Altadena Restaurants Are Finally Reopening | Eater LA

"A husband-and-wife team, Perry and Melanie Bennett, prep catering orders and run a deli-style shop on Lincoln Avenue just south of Altadena that has beckoned diners since 2004. They make irreverent deli-style sandwiches, like the Pastrami No Chaser featuring pastrami with classic fixings, or the Hey Joe, which doesn’t hold back on stacking its hot pastrami, roast beef, toasted hot link, cheese, and more, served in an eclectic jazz-inspired interior. Bennett voices the deep uncertainty facing small businesses after the fire: "How am I going to adjust when the workers leave? I don’t know," and adds, "As a dreamer, I live in the possibilities of the future, but this situation has completely shut that down." - Sharon Brenner