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Sky Room: The refined rebirth of a Long Beach culinary and cultural legend

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Sky Room—one of two restaurants in the newly minted Fairmont Breakers hotel and spa in Downtown Long Beach—has returned.
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Broken Spirits in Long Beach goes all-in on ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’-themed holiday dinners

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Broken Spirits Distillery in Downtown Long Beach is getting into the holiday spirit with not jingly bells but in a more macabre way.
Food & Drink

The Sky Room at the Fairmont Breakers is officially taking reservations; here’s the inaugural menu

The famed Sky Room—the top-floor restaurant that has existed in DTLB since 1946—is accepting reservations on Open Table.
Food & Drink

Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: Nov. 2024

Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Food & Drink

EggBred Long Beach to open with ‘craft breakfast sandwiches’ in Downtown on Nov. 23

EggBred Long Beach—the quickly expanding, self-described craft breakfast sandwich chain—will be opening on Nov. 23.
Food & Drink

Tokyo Noir isn’t just a speakeasy; it’s an ode to discipline and honing Long Beach’s growing cocktail culture

Tucked into a space where one enters through the alley way of El Barrio, Tokyo Noir is far more than a speakeasy.
Cultural Currents
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Culture & Commentary

Jin from BTS chooses Long Beach’s Retro Row as backdrop for new music video

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Jin of BTS opted for Long Beach's Retro Row to be the opening backdrop for his first solo music video, "Running Wild."
Culture & Commentary

Snoop Dogg—after years of teasing—announces Dr. Dre-produced ‘Doggystyle’ homage album, ‘Missionary’

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Snoop Dogg has been teasing "Missionary"—the Dr. Dre-produced album that is meant to be an homage to Snoop's 1993 masterpiece and debut, "Doggystyle"—for years....
Culture & Commentary

Dave Chappelle and Killer Mike to end U.S. tour at Terrace Theatre in Long Beach

Comedian Dave Chappelle and Run the Jewels member Killer Mike have partnered for a seven-city stand-up-meets-hip-hop tour. And the aptly titled "Still Talkin That Sh*t!" tour's last stop will be Long Beach.
Culture & Commentary

Taco Death Match 2024: Meet the passionate artists bringing La Catrina to life

For the artists who bring La Catrina to life, it is much more than just bringing a symbol to fruition.
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Urbanism & Development

IN PHOTOS: Beach Streets Uptown takes over North Long Beach

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On Saturday, the city of Long Beach hosted the latest iteration of its popular open streets festival: Beach Streets.
Urbanism & Development

A look inside the renovation of Long Beach’s mid-mod gem, the City Center hotel

The City Center hotel always had the bones to become an Ace-like space. Fabulously mid-century modern. Centrally located and within walking distance of everything from the Terrace Theatre to the Promenade. And now, it has the makeover it always deserved.
Urbanism & Development

Fairmont Breakers—years in the making—begins taking reservations Nov. 19

The Fairmont Breakers has been years in the making—and Long Beach's first luxury hotel is set to open Nov. 7.
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Events & Festivals

This tasting event at Panxa will offer tacos and unlimited tastings of agave spirits (on the cheap)

Brian Addison
"A Taste of Mexico" at Panxa comes with unlimited spirits tastings, tacos, music, and good vibes on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 6PM ot 9PM.
Events & Festivals

Beach Streets 2024 will arrive in North Long Beach this Saturday

Brian Addison
After fear that not a single Beach Streets event would happen in 2024 at all due to a lack of funding, city officials have formally cleared the way for Beach Streets Uptown to move forward in the fall.
Events & Festivals

Taco Death Match 2024—the ultimate taco competition—invades Downtown Long Beach this weekend

Brian Addison
Taco Death Match, the inaugural taco competition heading to Mosaic in Downtown Long Beach on Nov. 3, has a curated slate of 10 chefs and taqueros who will battle it out.
Events & Festivals

Vans Warped Tour to come to Long Beach in 2025

Brian Addison
The Vans Warped Tour has announced that they will be bringing their famed rock festival—which had its last showing in 2019—to Long Beach for two days, July 26 and 27, 2025, as part of its 30th anniversary.

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