For a long time, food media portrayed the suburbs as a dining wasteland full of chain restaurants and unimaginative menus.  But suburbia is changing. According to Bettina Makalintal, staff writer at Vice Munchies, we should be paying more attention to the evolving suburban foodscape. In a recent series Bettina helped develop called "State of the Suburbs" Bettina and other Vice writers make the case for how the burbs are burgeoning with culinary artisans, local farmers markets and clever restauranteurs taking some pretty ambitious leaps of faith, even in the midst of a global pandemic.  

You can find more of Bettina’s work on Vice Munchies.  You can also follow her on Twitter and TikTok @bettinamak and on Instagram @buttina — she also has an inspiring food styling Instagram called @Crispyegg420.

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