Sophia Velador grabs a stack of plates in the dish pit at Alder & Sage in Long Beach on Jan. 2, 2025. She takes three buses from Anaheim to Long Beach and travels about one and a half hours to get to ...
For most it’s a grind having to wash an assembly line of pots and pans first thing in the morning. For Sophia Velador, who helms the dish pit at the breakfast and lunch spot Alder & Sage in Long Beach ...