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Sweet City Roundtable: Emily Wilson

The creator of The Angel writes restaurant lists as if they were mixtapes and I think she’s on to something.

Mahira Rivers
Jul 22, 2026
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In late 2023, Emily Wilson launched a Substack about the Los Angeles food scene called The Angel. It’s hard to picture it now, but three years ago, Substack was still a relatively new and niche platform. Much of the food world was curiously eyeing this direct-to-inbox form of media to see if it would work. Emily was one of its earliest adopters.

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