Gustavo Arellano: At my wife's market, the masks have never come off
LOS ANGELES – Alta Baja Market in downtown Santa Ana, California, has five posters taped to its front doors, each more exasperated than the last. Two of them let customers know that masks are mandatory if they're not sitting down to eat. One has a drawing of a standard-issue three-layer blue mask with "Por Favor" written below it in cursive. "No Shoes No Shirt No Mask No Service!" blares ...
LOS ANGELES – Alta Baja Market in downtown Santa Ana, California, has five posters taped to its front doors, each more exasperated than the last.
Two of them let customers know that masks are mandatory if they're not sitting down to eat. One has a drawing of a standard-issue three-layer blue mask with "Por Favor" written below it in cursive.
"No Shoes No Shirt No Mask No Service!" blares another. And the coup de grace — "Por Favor Wear a Pinche Mask." Please wear a damned mask.
Welcome to Delilah Snell's store. She's my wife.
Once you get past those posters, Alta Baja Market is a cheery, welcoming bistro. Shelves are lined with foodstuffs and beauty products
