Drought-Tolerant Landscaping Sends Grit Onto Plates Of Outdoor Diners
By Arin Mikailian, Aug 02, 2015 LA Times
Lately, patrons dining outside of Montrose Bakery & Café have been getting their orders with a side of grit.
Several patches of grass along the Honolulu Avenue eatery have been swapped for decomposed granite to comply with state mandates to reduce urban water use. The new sand-like material, said bakery owner Henry Baeza, is becoming a growing complaint among his customers.
“The wind brings it up and [it] flies onto their plates … I have to keep giving my customers new plates of food,” Baeza said.
Although not every business in Montrose is a restaurant, some proprietors are saying the new turf replacement isn’t nearly as appealing as grass, especially at Honolulu and Ocean View Boulevard, where grass has been removed from all four corners.
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