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Overheard in the Juice Line: 'Have You Tried Pivoting the Brisket?'
A man named Chad in performance fleece stood at the counter of the former Gas Station Tacos on South Lamar last Tuesday, suggesting the abuelita running the flattop 'A/B test the carnitas with a gochujang glaze' while his $9 cold-pressed green juice sweated onto the floor; the same corner in 2009 handed you four tacos, a Big Red, and zero unsolicited product advice for six bucks.
VC Money Just Discovered Tamales and Immediately Misunderstood Them
Bumped into a Series A chaser at the new "elevated street food" stall who was busy explaining how his app could "streamline" the cash-only tamale ecosystem; the woman whose recipes he's trying to tokenize has been selling them from a folding table since before he was born and still refuses Venmo.
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