The Journal — Issue 01, Summer 2026Stories from
Stories from
the corner.
Guides, studio visits and straight answers — written from behind the counter at Quinta & 38.
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Featured · Guide · 6 min
A field guide to Quinta Avenida, by the people who work on it
Where to eat, where to sit, where to skip. Written from behind the counter at 38.
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The subterranean workshops keeping Oaxacan glass alive
A day inside a family-run vidriería in the Central Valleys.
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Papers, explained without the marketing
Rice, hemp, flax. Which one, when, and why we don't stock the flavoured stuff.
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Behind the counter: Memo, four years in
The shop's first hire on what has changed and what hasn't.
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The shop wall, hour by hour
A single frame, twelve times, from opening to close.
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Six local artists, six painted decks
The first Smoke 38 art edition, and the six painters who made it.