Yuko placed 365 live plants in the tunnel alone and brings in most of the pots and plants, displaying them in the same style as Yuko’s Kitchen downtown, said Spencer, who described Yuko as “like a fairy plant lady” for her efforts.
“I just want the feeling of Yuko’s Kitchen in the bookstore with me. She loved the atmosphere so much that she asked Yuko to create something like it at Lost Books, and the tunnel was born. “Because working at the Last Bookstore downtown, I would constantly go to Yuko Soup Bar and Yuko Kitchen for lunch.” “Ahhh,” Spencer sighs, explaining that she was inspired by the lush environs of another downtown L.A.
Two days later, we signed the lease and here we are.” “With this one, we had so much inventory with COVID happening - our warehouses were just overflowing - so we were having dinner next door at the Black Cow and saw a big ‘For Rent’ sign and we immediately fell in love with the space and knew it would be perfect for us. Handling both the register and a steady stream of customer questions about the store - When did it open? Why is there no sign? Where’s the website? - Jenna Spencer, who owns the store with her husband Josh, smiled and said that opening another location hadn’t been on the top of the list of things to do during the pandemic. It was bustling on a recent Saturday with shoppers carrying stacks of books and families taking selfies in the tunnel. This new location in the shopping district on Honolulu Boulevard - just down the street from Once Upon a Time, another terrific bookstore - sells books, plants, and soon, vinyl. These independent Southern California book publishers reveal how they’re handling the pandemic.‘Mad & Bad’ author Bea Koch of LA’s Ripped Bodice bookstore talks romance, Regency and really cool women.There’s a town of bookstores in Wales called Hay-on-Wye, and, yes, they serve ice cream.For LA’s Eso Won Books, one of the nation’s preeminent African American bookstores, the moment is now.A $10,000 gift certificate, a child’s allowance: How Southern California’s independent bookstores are getting help to survive.Located in Montrose in northeast Los Angeles County, the shop, which opened quietly in late June, is a sister to downtown L.A.’s Last Bookstore, the massive store and tourist spot known for its huge inventory and its own picture-perfect archway and book-related sculptures and photo spots. But if you venture in through the Instagram-ready tunnel of plants and greenery, you’ll emerge into the world of Lost Books.
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