Resy | ON THE LINE | Kismet

Director: Danielle Oexmann

When the pandemic shut down restaurants across Los Angeles, many were forced to adapt, with minimal guidance. In this episode of ON THE LINE, Kismet owners Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson detail their search for answers as they try to save their businesses while supporting their staff and farmers.

ON THE LINE is a four-part documentary shorts series chronicling four Los Angeles restaurants amidst the COVID-19 crisis, produced by Resy and award-winning new media studio Crimes of Curiosity. The series follows the owners and employees of Kensho in Hollywood, Alta Adams in West Adams, Kismet in Los Feliz, and Lasa in Chinatown as they grapple with how to keep their businesses afloat, staff employed, communities fed, and dreams alive during the pandemic, which continues to have a crushing impact on the hospitality industry.