Feel Good Kitchen On-Air Pkg

{ANCHOR O/C}

A STOREFRONT IS EMPOWERING COOKS IN LONG BEACH. REPORTER VANESSA MAYORGA SHARES HOW THIS IDEA TRANSFORMED THE COMMUNITY. 

{TAKE PKG}

 HOMEMADE SALSA…FRESHLY BREWED COFFEE… FRESH CEVICHE… THE OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS FOR ALL TYPES OF CULINARY MINDS AT THE FEEL GOOD SALSA KITCHEN… THE KITCHEN FRONT WAS CREATED TO BRING LONG  BEACH SMALL BUSINESS AND EATERIES TO A COMMUNITY SPACE AND SERVE THE RESIDENCE OF LONG BEACH…

{TAKE SOT}

“I WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE REALLY FELT EMPOWERED AND WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO MATTERED AND IT MATTERED TO ME… I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS SO NEEDED.”

IT WAS DINA FELMAN WHO KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO STRUGGLE WHILE TRYING TO CREATE HER SALSA BUSINESS…WHEN SHE FIRST OPENED THE KITCHEN, SHE NEEDED IT FOR HERSELF BUT THOUGHT SHE WOULD TAKE THIS SPACE TO HELP LOCALS WITH GETTING A HEADSTART IN CREATING THEIR RESTAURANT. 

{TAKE SOT}

“I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE LONG BEACH FOOD COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO ARE INVESTED IN LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE GOOD FOOD AND THAT ALSO SERVES THE COMMUNITY.” {10 SECONDS}

THE FRONT ENCOURAGES SUSTAINABILITY WITH ALL ITS CLIENTS WHO PLAN TO USE THE KITCHEN. IT’S A CERTIFIED GREEN KITCHEN AND BANS STYROFOAM FROM RESTAURANTS TO HELP WITH LITTERING AND WASTE PREVENTION. FELDMAN'S STUDENT, TELL US ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP

{TAKE SOT} “SHE’S MY TEACHER. SHE’S HELPING ME LEARN THE BUSINESS. IF SHE NEEDS MY HELP, SHE CALLS ME.”

THE FEEL GOOD SALSA KITCHEN IS LOCATED IN THE HELLMAN HISTORIC DISTRICT NEAR DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE HAS UPDATES OF ALL THE VENDORS WHO ARE SCHEDULED TO USE THE KITCHEN.