Walk-Ins Only

If there is going to be a line for something in LA, it is going to be for matcha. Cher is back from the National Restaurant Association show with a report on matcha vending machines and what the industry is betting on next, and we ask whether the supply can keep up with the craze.

Then our Bib Gourmand: a power ranking of the best matcha from Los Angeles to Tokyo, with our criteria for taste, texture, color and the wait.

Places mentioned: Eightfold Coffee, Community Goods, Rocky's Matcha, Teaism, The Nitro Bar, Series A, The Loaf, Call Your Mother, Beethoven Market, El Chucho

00:00 Cold open

00:28 What we're drinking

01:24 Cher at the National Restaurant Association show

02:20 Beethoven Market and El Chucho

06:04 Why matcha is everywhere

07:28 The matcha shortage

12:36 Rocky's Matcha and Community Goods

15:24 Matcha influencers

20:04 Our Bib Gourmand: the criteria

24:16 Ellice's five

28:28 Cher's five

34:04 Where matcha goes next

37:48 Why every brand has a cafe

40:08 Hojicha, ube and dirty soda

49:28 The drink of the summer

51:48 What we're eating and watching

Follow Walk-Ins Only on Instagram: @walkinsonlypod

Cher: @chergoodeats | Ellice: @ellicellis, on Instagram and TikTok

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WalkInsOnly

Walk-Ins Only is executive produced by Cher Carlton and Ellice Ellis and produced by A Few Minutes Studios. Audio engineering by Marcus Hahm.

Ellice grew up vegetarian in a crunchy DC household. Cher grew up on juice shots and wheatgrass in LA. We compare notes on being raised in an ingredient household, then get into what wellness culture has turned into: the supplement stacks, the sleep scores, and the idea that healthy has to mean thin.

Then the origin story. How we met at USC, the London trip that made us friends, and why two people who were already keeping lists started a show about eating out, staying out, and getting out of town.

Places mentioned: Simply Wholesome, Beethoven Market, El Chucho, Pijja Palace, The Serving Spoon, Acme Oyster House

00:28 Catching up: Cher in Brazil

03:44 What crunchy means

11:12 What we thought was normal

12:36 Crunchy spots in LA and DC

15:52 Why we started Walk-Ins Only

23:20 What a menu tells you about your date

24:44 Etiquette and the guest list

26:36 What wellness culture gets wrong

43:24 How we met at USC

49:56 Where we go out now

52:16 Pijja Palace

54:36 Traveling for food

58:48 What we're eating and watching

Follow Walk-Ins Only on Instagram: @walkinsonlypod

Cher: @chergoodeats | Ellice: @ellicellis, on Instagram and TikTok

Support the show: www.patreon.com/cw/WalkInsOnly

Walk-Ins Only is executive produced by Cher Carlton and Ellice Ellis and produced by A Few Minutes Studios. Audio engineering by Marcus Hahm.

We’re just two best friends that go out, and we wanted a show to chat about it. Walk-Ins Only is Cher Carlton and Ellice Ellis on dining, going out, taste, and the way people experience restaurants, cities and social spaces. In the trailer: a first taste of our matcha list, from the mango sticky rice matcha at Eightfold Coffee to the Okinawa cold foam at Malu in Brentwood. Episode 1 is out Monday, October 19.

We came, we saw, we have notes.

Follow Walk-Ins Only on Instagram: @walkinsonlypod
Cher: @chergoodeats | Ellice: @ellicellis, on Instagram and TikTok
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WalkInsOnly