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What’s a Mexican restaurant without guacamole? What’s a hipster cafe without avocado toast? Some restaurateurs may be contemplating these questions this summer as the price of avocados has spiked to almost double the price a year ago.

In Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood, El Tepeyac Cafe uses loads of avocados for its delicious homemade guacamole. In fact, it goes through about 50 boxes of the fruit every week. Operations manager Bernadette Thom says the restaurant has no choice but to pay more.

“I mean, we’re in a Mexican restaurant, and everything pretty much on our plate requires guacamole,” she says. “So to completely be out of it would not work.”

Holy Guacamole! Avocados Are Pricey And It’s The Pits

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