As COVID-19 decimated the Los Angeles restaurant industry, downtown’s Little Tokyo found itself particularly hard hit, as did similar enclaves of mom-and-pop eateries.... Language, cultural and technological barriers made it difficult for some to adjust to the pandemic realities of delivery and takeout.... “ I don’t want a restaurant owner who has four branches of her restaurant to have to do four different things, ” Garcetti said in an interview. City officials hope to have a permanent Al Fre