LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A fledgling East LA restaurant is all atwitter after a simple request for retweets boosted its business.
Cocina Express opened at 4214 Floral Drive, just before the pandemic hit. Since then, the restaurant owner’s wife says business has been rough.
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I’ve seen Twitter really change peoples life, so I’m gonna give it a try. My husband opened up this restaurant called Cocina Express right when COVID started. It’s been rough. A simple RT would mean the world. It’s located at 4214 Floral Dr
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Los Angeles, CA 90063 pic.twitter.com/LGNSWfdzdo— Melizza (@mlizza_) October 18, 2020
“I’ve seen Twitter really change peoples life, so I’m gonna give it a try,” she said, and requested a simple retweet that “would mean the world.”
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