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# Go small, go local
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/go-small-go-local-20080214/
- Published: 2008-02-14T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:29:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Promenade, #archive-import

These days, it seems that the city is being overrun with corporate businesses. You have Starbucks on every corner and the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch taking over the promenade.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: In light of the corporate takeover, what local, small business is your favorite place to eat, shop or seek services?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 14, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)