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Ed Barnett, left, and Karim Webb operate four Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants in L.A., including their newest in Koreatown, west of downtown.
Some people might see a location in Koreatown, remember the Watts riots and stay away. Two Buffalo Wild Wings operators in Los Angeles saw an opportunity to help heal old wounds.
“We're all trying to get a better life, better opportunity,” says Karim Webb, a Buffalo Wild Wings franchisee in Los Angeles. That includes hi…
Karim Webb models the behavior he wants to see from his employees at his three Buffalo Wild Wings in the LA area.
At his Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles, Karim Webb isn't doing business as usual. For one, the hosts who greet you at the door are well connected to gang culture in the area and look more like security guards than someone schooled in carrying menus to the table.
As a mom of grown-ups, Ben and Sam, who are in their 20s, I try not to comment on their choice of dress or grooming (read: facial hair). I imagine how I would like it if my mom told me she didn't like my hairstyle, or my choice of clothes, without me asking. They are adults, after all.