Best of the Beach Food & Beverages 2024
Groceries and beverages Grocery Store (Independent) Grow You can’t talk about Grow without talking about the Fisher family, because this thoughtfully operated farmers market of a grocery store is the definition of a family business. The Grow origin story is well known – young Brandon Fisher wanted a boogie board, his dad Barry was in the agricultural export business and supplied the most excellent cherries, and the success of the resultant fruit stand (with sister Megan as the chief cherry taster) became Grow, which kept growing until a second store was open in DTLA and the original shop on Sepulveda in Manhattan Beach became more than twice its original size. The store has grown in other ways, too, broadening its well-curated offerings, which now include ready-to-go meals that are often the talk of the town (the turkey burger has a cult following). Barry and his wife Kathy Fisher still preside over their homegrown, healthy fiefdom, but daughter Megan has now graduated from college and returned to the family fold to help keep Grow growing. Grow is still following the age-old advice of Grandma Fisher. “My grandmother says she only shops the walls at a grocery store,” Fisher said…
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