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Our most underrated festival—Long Beach Sake Day—returns for 2025 with 140 sakes

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Sake Day 2025 is upon us, Long Beach. Returning to this Saturday, Sept. 6, to the grounds of the historic Rancho Los Cerritos, this sake-centric festival is Long Beach's most underrated.
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Long Beach Food Scene
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Food & Drink

Panamanian staple Caribbean Soul Kitchen LA to take over Taco Beach space in Downtown Long Beach

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Caribbean Soul Kitchen LA will take over a 3,000-square-foot space at 211 Pine Ave., in the former Taco Beach space in Downtown Long Beach
Food & Drink

Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: August 2025

Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
Food & Drink

Liv’s in Long Beach to relocate as lease nears end in Belmont Shore

 Liv's—the massively underrated seafood space in Belmont Shore—will be closing up shop as its lease nears an end on 2nd Street.
Food & Drink

A look into Hao Peng You, the hyper-themed cocktail room inside Midnight Oil

Tucked into the easternmost edge of Midnight Oil is Hao Peng You, the space's newest food and drink experience, amongst an already-existing array of differing escapades.
Food & Drink

Long Beach’s newest, queerest space—The Hare—is ready to make its debut (free pizza included)

The Hare comes from the owners of The Breakfast Bar and an overall hospitality and Gayborhood boss. Which means, yes, the space is returning to its queer roots.
Cultural Currents
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Culture & Commentary

Compound, the art nonprofit-meets-restaurant-meets-community space, abruptly shutters permanently

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Compound, the forward-thinking nonprofit that blended art, community wellness, and food with its restaurant Union, has closed, effective immediately.
Culture & Commentary

Chez Bacchus’s tequila dinner is proof of Long Beach’s upped game in paired dinners

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Chez Bacchus's most recent dinner—a tasting dinner with Volcan Tequila, Möet-Hennessey's first tequila brand—was much more than just a reflection of the restaurant or brand.
Culture & Commentary

Vans Warped Tour just cemented itself into Long Beach culture in a way no concert has

Marking one of the largest rock festival turnouts in the state and the largest concert attendance ever here in Long Beach, Vans Warped Tour has firmly cemented itself into both Long Beach culture and history.
Culture & Commentary

What to (unquestionably) do during this weekend’s DTLB Art + Design Walk

This weekend's DTLB Art + Design Walk has a ton of activity choices going on—here are some clutch choices among them.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

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

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

After five-year environmental battle, 14-acre InSite Self Storage development in Long Beach takes step forward

The long-disputed InSite Self Storage development proposal at the 405-710 juncture is taking steps forward.
Urbanism & Development

New renderings for “The 101,” a supportive housing complex in Long Beach’s Wrigley

Construction crews have officially broke ground on "The 101," a supportive housing complex at the very southern edge of Wrigley in Long Beach at 101 E. Pacific Coast Hwy.
Long Beach Events
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Events & Festivals

Long Beach Greek Festival 2025 returns for celebration that extends over 75 years back

Brian Addison
Long Beach Greek Festival 2025 is back this Labor Day weekend as Assumption Greek Orthodox Church becomes a village square, alive with food, music, and the unmistakable warmth of Greek hospitality.
Events & Festivals

Legendary group Arrested Development to headline free Uptown Jazz Festival in North Long Beach

Brian Addison
Arrested Development, the legendary hip-hop band, will be headlining the free Uptown Jazz Festival in North Long Beach.
Events & Festivals

With rare return to trance roots, Tiësto tops lineup for Dreamstate 2025 in Long Beach

Brian Addison
Marking its tenth year in SoCal, Dreamstate 2025 will be taking over the Queen Mary's event space on Nov. 22 and 23.
Events & Festivals

Long Beach restaurants partner with bands for Vans Warped Tour x LB Food Scene Week collaboration

Brian Addison
Vans Warped Tour has partnered with Long Beach Food Scene for a highlight of local food at affordable prices.

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