Patricia I. Escárcega
Reporting fellow, Covid recovery
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Patricia I. Escárcega is a Reporting Fellow at The Counter. Her work has appeared in Bon Appetit, Playboy and Roads & Kingdoms. She was previously a restaurant critic at the Los Angeles Times and Phoenix New Times and is based in Los Angeles.
![A man smells a wine glass in black and white, his eyes are cut out with newspaper food critic reviews on top of a white napkin and coffee brown background. October 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/restaurant-critic-gaphic-brown-paper-man-drinking-wine-commentary-october-2021.jpg)
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![Hard copy menus of The Cotton Club and Joe Louis with graphic of hands holding mobile phone over qr codes. July 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hard-copy-menu-cotton-club-qr-code-on-mobile-with-hand-fork-july02021.jpg)
![A masked customer stands in line at Chipotle waiting for their order. July 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/just-cause-protections-chipotle-fast-food-july-2021.jpg)