"Currently scheduled to arrive by late summer, The Lab Collaborative is bringing a full-service restaurant to coastal Oceanside that will also function as a test kitchen for area chefs and bartenders. The project, which is landing at Pierside North, has been in development for two years but managing partner Jack Everett tells Eater that the pandemic helped solidify the concept by highlighting the need for restaurants to be able to pivot on a dime." - Candice Woo