Completely agree about the 2010-2014 era. It was magic.

What happened is more complicated... I knew the owner really well. As expenses like rent and labor became more expensive, he was forced more and more to try to find a balance between food (which was a good business) and tea (which wasn't as good). The smaller store on Valencia sort of cracked the code, though it didn't have all of the magic of Sanchez / Laguna. Then Covid came and that was more than the business could handle.