<p>Abbot Kinney has two anchor points: Erewhon, and the subject of our podcast today: The Butcher's Daughter. It feels as if it is spilling onto the street; an airy, light interior flows to a cute alcove which then ends with a white-fenced parklet.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Starting in NYC and quickly spreading across LA, this is as much a hangout as it is a restaurant, cafe and juice bar. We speak with Meghan Keane and Kari Hendrick - the big bosses of the Abbot Kinney location - about what drew us all to Butcher's Daughter, what keeps us here and where the fairy dust will land next.</p>

Most press on companies lacks depth on business strategy. View from the Middle was started to remedy this, interviewing intriguing companies to tease out their strategic plans.

The name is inspired by talks given at the Stanford Graduate School of Business: "View From The Top" and "View From The Bottom", where individuals who've achieved widely-recognized professional success, and lowly students (as was your host) aspiring to the same, reflect upon their careers and backgrounds. 

Here we explore the middle: the journey of individuals and their companies, and the intentions that drive them.