jessica koslow and scott barry

los angeles
food
sqirl
jessica koslow
scott barry

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
photography by SCOTT BARRY
Rachel Louise Downs, model

Sqirl’s high-end-casual, breakfast-all-day cuisine created a local revolution in the coffee shop scene. It opened in East LA in 2011 as a jam store. Then it served breakfast, specializing in homemade ricotta toast with jam. This elevated brioche went on to become Instagram-famous and was named one of the 101 dishes that changed Los Angeles. The miracle of Sqirl cannot be understood without knowing how Jessica Koslow’s obsession with ingredients and techniques combined with Scott Barry’s eye for design. They published a best-selling cookbook, Everything I Want to Eat, in 2016, another offspring of their creative partnership.

OLIVIER ZAHM — So, where did you two meet? In Los Angeles?
JESSICA KOSLOW — Mm-hmm.

SCOTT BARRY — In Los Angeles, yeah. On a dating app. And then we dated for…