LOS ANGELES -- In the now-infamous summer of 2020, the Baziks' new business had customers lining down the block.
SarahCotta Plants opened its Glendale, California, doors that July, a bold move by its wife and husband owners, Sarah and Tadeh. Their store grew from tough soil — the summer the pandemic shuttered many small businesses — but it's still thriving two years later. Now, standing behind the shop's wood counter, the Baziks answer the big question: How?
Tadeh thinks people needed an escape from pandemic stress.