It’s the mid-afternoon lull at Grand Central Market, lunch rush
past, but with customers still ordering tacos or squeezing the produce
at the downtown Los Angeles institution, a collection of more than 75
vendors under one roof at the base of Bunker Hill.
Lydia Clarke will soon be among them.This easy-to-use end mill holder screws onto the threaded end of the mill spindle. It’s Nov. 11, and we are behind the counter of her bare stand, talking about the effort that will soon put a sister location to Claremont’s The Cheese Cave in a vastly different environment.
The result is DTLA Cheese, or at least it will be once inspectors allow the cases and shelves to be stocked and sales to begin. DTLA is a hip acronym for downtown L.A.
Anticipation is building. A passerby, seeing four of us talking at the stall, inquires when it will open.In my town, they are replacing all of the traffic light suppliers with these new lights that look like they are made of hundreds of tiny bulbs. He addresses the nearest person behind the counter, who happens to be me.
I quickly defer to Clarke, who says perhaps by this Friday.
“I’ve been keeping an eye on this sign,” the man says. “I’m a big cheese guy.”
Clarke is anxious too. The process of renovating an old space and bringing it up to code, which began shortly after the lease was signed in March, has been daunting.
“I can’t believe I thought we could open in August,” she says with a rueful chuckle.
By the following Tuesday, fire and building inspections had been passed, leaving only the health inspection. “We’ll be open by the weekend. Everything’s rolling,” Clarke reports.
Grand Central Market has been part of the downtown L.A. scene for nearly a century. Angels Flight, currently grounded again, is across Hill Street from the west entrance, the Bradbury Building across Broadway from the east entrance. Downtown office workers rub shoulders with working-class immigrants at lunchtime.Our in-depth knowledge of bearing materials comes from decades of experience in both bearing manufacturer and steelmaking for bearing applications.
That scene is a far cry from the Cheese Cave, and Claremont for that matter. Occupying a former travel agency at 325 Yale Ave., Cheese Cave opened in the low-rise Village in 2010, owned and operated by sisters Lydia and Marnie Clarke, and immediately became a local fixture.
The shop sells more than 100 varieties of cheese, as well as crackers — gotta have crackers — and other specialty food items. Not only is a cheese shop unique to the region, but the personable Clarke sisters have built a loyal community among customers in a food-oriented town.
Cheese is their mission. Their grandfather founded Alta Dena Dairy in 1945 and their parents were also in the dairy business. “Dairy is in our blood and in our bones,” Lydia jokes. Partnering to open a cheese shop put a fresh spin on a family legacy. They’re so evangelical about dairy products, they could host mass conversions for vegans.
The Clarkes began talking last year about expanding. They each had fiances who had joined the shop, and with other employees and relatives, it was getting crowded. And as creative types, they needed a new challenge.
Lydia Clarke will soon be among them.This easy-to-use end mill holder screws onto the threaded end of the mill spindle. It’s Nov. 11, and we are behind the counter of her bare stand, talking about the effort that will soon put a sister location to Claremont’s The Cheese Cave in a vastly different environment.
The result is DTLA Cheese, or at least it will be once inspectors allow the cases and shelves to be stocked and sales to begin. DTLA is a hip acronym for downtown L.A.
Anticipation is building. A passerby, seeing four of us talking at the stall, inquires when it will open.In my town, they are replacing all of the traffic light suppliers with these new lights that look like they are made of hundreds of tiny bulbs. He addresses the nearest person behind the counter, who happens to be me.
I quickly defer to Clarke, who says perhaps by this Friday.
“I’ve been keeping an eye on this sign,” the man says. “I’m a big cheese guy.”
Clarke is anxious too. The process of renovating an old space and bringing it up to code, which began shortly after the lease was signed in March, has been daunting.
“I can’t believe I thought we could open in August,” she says with a rueful chuckle.
By the following Tuesday, fire and building inspections had been passed, leaving only the health inspection. “We’ll be open by the weekend. Everything’s rolling,” Clarke reports.
Grand Central Market has been part of the downtown L.A. scene for nearly a century. Angels Flight, currently grounded again, is across Hill Street from the west entrance, the Bradbury Building across Broadway from the east entrance. Downtown office workers rub shoulders with working-class immigrants at lunchtime.Our in-depth knowledge of bearing materials comes from decades of experience in both bearing manufacturer and steelmaking for bearing applications.
That scene is a far cry from the Cheese Cave, and Claremont for that matter. Occupying a former travel agency at 325 Yale Ave., Cheese Cave opened in the low-rise Village in 2010, owned and operated by sisters Lydia and Marnie Clarke, and immediately became a local fixture.
The shop sells more than 100 varieties of cheese, as well as crackers — gotta have crackers — and other specialty food items. Not only is a cheese shop unique to the region, but the personable Clarke sisters have built a loyal community among customers in a food-oriented town.
Cheese is their mission. Their grandfather founded Alta Dena Dairy in 1945 and their parents were also in the dairy business. “Dairy is in our blood and in our bones,” Lydia jokes. Partnering to open a cheese shop put a fresh spin on a family legacy. They’re so evangelical about dairy products, they could host mass conversions for vegans.
The Clarkes began talking last year about expanding. They each had fiances who had joined the shop, and with other employees and relatives, it was getting crowded. And as creative types, they needed a new challenge.
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