Thursday, October 16, 2025

Italian Homemade Company—traditional, simple, stellar—is the underrated champ of Long Beach pasta (and piadine)

Italian Homemade Company—the San Francisco-founded casual eatery that prides itself on simple, straightforward, well-made pasta—is easily one of Long Beach's most underrated spaces.
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One of Long Beach’s best bakeries, Foodologie, just introduced a drink line

Foodologie, Maria Leyesa's vibrant bake shop just off the maindrag of 2nd Street in Belmont Shore, is doing its largest menu expansion in years thanks to a new array of drinks.

Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2025: UPDATED

A continually updated list of Long Beach restaurants opening in 2025 from Brian Addison.

Lima Cebichería—one of the best Peruvian spaces in the region—opens for lunch in Long Beach (beef heart included)

Lima Cebichería Peruana in Bixby Knolls is now open for lunch at noon Tuesdays through Sundays.

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.

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.

Inaugural ‘Long Beach Underground’ explores DTLB’s temple with supper haunting and cocktails

Long Beach Underground—a partnership with Studio One Eleven, Intertrend Communications, and James Tir (aka @LBFoodComa)—will begin its inaugural outing with "Temples."

Chef Luis Navarro proceeds to the final round of the Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe

Chef Luis Navarro of Lola's and The Social List narrowly ousted Chef Jason Witzl of Ellie's in the first round of the semifinals of the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe competition.

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.

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