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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ají, Recreational score legacy status; Buffalo Wild Wings to close; more

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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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This sake dinner at Homareya proves it’s Long Beach’s home for proper Japanese experiences

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Homareya—Long Beach's first and only proper, traditional izakaya space—will host its first formal sake dinner on Sunday, April 19 at 3:30PM.
Food & Drink

This Long Beach hospitality vet wants you to learn her Sicilian mom’s recipes

CaLisi Cucina Rustica is a Sicilian mom and her hospitality veteran daughter coming together to teach Long Beach some classics of the kitchen.
Food & Drink

Long Beach’s Got Your Back tackles brunch with Midnight Oil pop-up

For one day only—Sunday, April 19 from 10AM to 2PM—Got Your Back will be taking over the back kitchen of Midnight Oil to bring on brunch.
Food & Drink

Massive L.A. coffee chain Alfred to take over former Local Spot in Long Beach

Alfred Coffee—the massive L.A. coffee chain with over 20 locations across the county—will be opening up its first Long Beach location.
Food & Drink

While closed for repairs, Liv’s to host nighttime pop-up at Hartland’s

Liv's will host a nighttime pop-up at Hartland's overlooking the ocean from April 15-19, 4PM to 9PM nightly.
Cultural Currents
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Culture & Commentary

A decade of design: 6th & Detroit—Long Beach’s OG mid-mod haven—celebrates

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6th & Detroit, Long Beach's OG mid-century modern outlet, is celebrating ten years of old-school furniture, interior design, independent fashion, and good ol' community connection.
Culture & Commentary

Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory

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The 29th annual Easter Walk Long Beach will continue its tradition of uplifting those in need, celebrating queerness, and connecting businesses with patrons—all in a pair of heels.
Culture & Commentary

Cafe Sevilla exits Downtown Long Beach; Ole takeover to open Mar. 29

Cafe Sevilla has formally vacated its Downtown Long Beach space, handing the reins to similar concept, Ole.
Culture & Commentary

Remembering Long Beach’s Wade Windsor

A pioneer in his own right, Long Beach has lost an immensely powerful soul with the death of Wade Windsor at age 45.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

Former redevelopment land hits market as Long Beach seeks to reshape Atlantic Avenue block by block

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The City of Long Beach has put 11 city-owned properties along Atlantic Avenue between 55th and 60th streets up for sale.
Urbanism & Development

Alexan West End, Long Beach’s 600-unit residential project, crawls toward completion

Construction crews for the Alexan West End have laid its foundation and have begun building toward the sky, moving progress forward on the largest residential development under construction for Long Beach.
Urbanism & Development

Crews break ground on massive 600-unit Onni Marina Shores project in Long Beach

Crews have officially broken ground on Onni Marina Shores, a 600-unit, double-structure, mixed-use development at 6500 and 6670 E. Pacific Coast Hwy.
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Events & Festivals

These are the Long Beach pizzerias reppin’ at Pizzy City Fest L.A. 2026

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Five Long Beach pizzerias—Colossus, Due Fiori, Nonna Mercato, Speak Cheezy, and Thunderbolt—will be at this year's Pizza City Fest.
Events & Festivals

Oh, yeah: The Model T race up Signal Hill returns

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2024 marked a return of the Model T race up Signal Hill following decades of absence. And it is back once again, Long Beach.
Events & Festivals

Amateur short-length porn fest HUMP! returns to Long Beach

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HUMP! Fest, the touring short-film festival dedicated to amateur porn, will return back to Long Beach on April 4.
Events & Festivals

Snoop Dogg to headline inaugural Long Beach Amphitheater show

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Snoop Dogg will headline the grand opening of the Long Beach Amphitheater on Saturday, June 6.

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