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Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
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Yang Chow to close Long Beach location—and what it says about outside brands moving in

Yang Chow 2.0—the surprisingly middling concept from the owners of the original legend of Chinatown in DTLA that opened in 2019—will be closing.

Sweetgreen to open first Long Beach location near 2nd and PCH

Sweetgreen, the D.C.-birthed fast casual health diner that has long been a SoCal staple, will be opening its first Long Beach location.

Sunrise Shack Hawaii to open first Long Beach location near LBCC

Hawaii-based Sunrise Shack will be expanding Stateside by opening a space in Long Beach.

Long Beach’s Port City Tavern converts to ‘Dead Man’s Cove’ for Halloween

Port City Tavern is sticking to its nautical roots for the Halloween season. Diving right into their "Dead Man's Cove" pop-up.

Sorry Not Sorry Creamery moving into former Sweetfin space in Long Beach

Sorry Not Sorry Creamery—the ice cream brand famous for using dairy from a century-old farm—will be taking over the former Sweetfin space in Belmont Shore.

It was the staff—specifically Massimo Aronne and Chef Eric Samaniego—that made Michael’s on Naples a legend

Brian Addison's ode to Michael's on Naples, a restaurant that redefined food in Long Beach.

Twice Threaded—a used clothing store changing the game—uses Long Beach as launching pad

Twice Threaded—a new subsidiary of USAgain, one of the nation's leader in used clothing—will opt to use Long Beach as its flagship location.

Annual Long Beach tradition of screening original ‘Nosferatu’ with live score returns

The Art Theatre in Long Beach is marking Halloween tradition with a screening of the original "Nosferatu" with a live score.

Long Beach named third best coffee city in the country

Long Beach was placed behind Portland (#1) and Orlando (#2) as the best coffee city in the country by WalletHub.

Adaptive reuse project for CSULB student housing takes a step forward

Long Beach will eventually see a significant boost to its student housing stock with the planned conversion of a long-vacant office building at 5150 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. into a private...

This Long Beach home tour is a tour-de-force of mid-mod architecture

Long Beach’s love affair with modernism takes center stage this Sunday, Sept. 14, as a collection of the city’s finest mid-century modern homes open their doors for an intimate, one-day tour.

OC-Based events company 24 Carrots to take over Long Beach’s famed Petroleum Club

Employee-owned events venue company 24 Carrots has officially taken over the lease at the historic Petroleum Club in Bixby Knolls.

Cambodian Food Festival 2025 is here, Long Beach

The Long Beach Cambodian Food Festival is back for its sophomore year, taking over the Ten Mile once again come Saturday, Oct. 4.

Chef Jason Winters final chef to advance to semifinals of Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe

While being hosted at Partake Collective, Chef Jason Winters defeated Chef Michael Ryan in the final round of Bracket One of the Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe.

Food, clay sculpture, scares, and escape room collide as ‘Clay of the Dead’ invades DTLB

Clay on First, the long-running clay shop in Downtown Long Beach, is joining in on the Halloween madness with "Clay of the Dead."

Chef Jason Witzl of Ellie’s wins third round of Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe

Tickets for the semifinals of the Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe—Oct. 6 and Oct. 13—are now on sale. While being hosted at Partake Collective, Chef...

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