Dossier
COOK Alliance
Coverage of COOK Alliance in the Nexus archive.
- Home is where the restaurant is: Long Beach's MEHKO moment has arrived
Long Beach has legalized Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs), allowing renters to operate food businesses from their homes. This includes examples like Steak Freaks, a supper club offering multi-course meals in a residential setting, and supports economic opportunities for diverse entrepreneurs, with 79% of operators being people of color and 70% women.