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California has more restaurants than most countries have businesses.    88,649 of them. $220.4 billion in sales. 1.8 million employees.    And 9 in 10 of those restaurants are small businesses. Not chains. Not franchises. Independent operators running on tight margins, long hours, and the kind of commitment that doesn't show up in any industry report.    Every dollar spent at a California restaurant puts $1.91 back into the state economy. The industry contributes $35.7 billion in taxes every year. It is, by every measure, the backbone of the state.    This is what the numbers look like behind the industry that feeds a state.    Swipe for the full picture.