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        &lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles restaurant Sqirl had lines down the block for brunches that featured its famous house-made jams on toast. But then a photo of discarded mold scraped from the jam, snapped by someone in the Sqirl kitchen, blew up the internet...and led to a reputation crisis Sqirl is still dealing with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our sponsors this week:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bombas - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://bombas.com/spectacular" class="default"&gt;Bombas.com/spectacular&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ourcrowd - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://Ourcrowd.com/spectacular" class="default"&gt;Ourcrowd.com/spectacular&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sign up to receive our brand new newsletter, featuring weekly recommendations from Lauren and the rest of the team at &lt;a href="http://spectacularfailures.org/newsletter"&gt;spectacularfailures.org/newsletter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Read the transcript of the episode at &lt;a href="https://www.spectacularfailures.org/" class="default"&gt;spectacularfailures.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You can follow Spectacular Failures on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/FailureShow"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; at @failureshow and like us at Facebook.com/failureshow. We&amp;#39;re &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/failure_show/"&gt;@failure_show on Instagram&lt;/a&gt;. Follow Lauren Ober on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/oberandOut"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/oberandout/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; at @oberandout.&lt;/p&gt;
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Spectacular Failures

American Public Media

Sqirl finds itself in a jam

OCT 5, 202037 MIN
Spectacular Failures

Sqirl finds itself in a jam

OCT 5, 202037 MIN

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<p>The Los Angeles restaurant Sqirl had lines down the block for brunches that featured its famous house-made jams on toast. But then a photo of discarded mold scraped from the jam, snapped by someone in the Sqirl kitchen, blew up the internet...and led to a reputation crisis Sqirl is still dealing with.</p><br/><p></p><br/><p>Our sponsors this week:</p><br/><p><strong>Bombas - </strong><a href="http://bombas.com/spectacular" class="default">Bombas.com/spectacular</a></p><br/><p><strong>Ourcrowd - </strong><a href="http://Ourcrowd.com/spectacular" class="default">Ourcrowd.com/spectacular</a></p><br/><p></p><br/><p>Sign up to receive our brand new newsletter, featuring weekly recommendations from Lauren and the rest of the team at <a href="http://spectacularfailures.org/newsletter">spectacularfailures.org/newsletter</a>.<br><br>Read the transcript of the episode at <a href="https://www.spectacularfailures.org/" class="default">spectacularfailures.org</a>.<br><br>You can follow Spectacular Failures on <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureShow">Twitter</a> at @failureshow and like us at Facebook.com/failureshow. We&#39;re <a href="https://www.instagram.com/failure_show/">@failure_show on Instagram</a>. Follow Lauren Ober on <a href="https://twitter.com/oberandOut">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oberandout/">Instagram</a> at @oberandout.</p>