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Gusto Bread to open cafe, baking facility in Downtown Long Beach’s Acres of Books

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Gusto Bread has its eyes on Downtown Long Beach. And not just any space in DTLB, but the famed Acres of Books site.
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Bar Becky x Loquat Oysters collab proves they’re among Long Beach’s best

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Bar Becky and Loquat Oyster's recent collaboration for Long Beach Last Call proved they are among the best.
Food & Drink

Smash burger phenomenon Proudly Serving to open Mar. 13 in Long Beach

South Bay smash burger all-star Proudly Serving will be opening up its first Long Beach location, taking over the former Beasties space.
Food & Drink

Cambodian-owned Burd Chicken Rice to open first Long Beach space on Mar. 15

Burd Chicken Rice, launched by Dee Meas, a Cambodia-born entrepreneur and former real estate professional in West Covina, will come to Long Beach.
Food & Drink

The return of the Kaur Family’s food: Royal Indian Curry House opens in Downtown Long Beach

Royal Indian Curry House has officially opened in Downtown Long Beach, directly across from the recently opened Marathon Burger on Pine. And its opening has a multi-pronged importance for the entire city.
Food & Drink

FIRST LOOK: Anna’s Pizza Joint opens in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore neighborhood

Anna's Pizza Joint in Belmont Shore has officially opened, making it the newest addition to Long Beach's wildly growing pizza game.
Cultural Currents
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Culture & Commentary

Long Beach Hospitality Alliance created to urge ‘not patrolling well-operated businesses but the streets’

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Long Beach Hospitality Alliance has one focus: To encourage patrolling of the streets, not well-operated small businesses.
Culture & Commentary

Slow Matter wants to become Long Beach’s next clay studio—it just needs a community boost

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Slow Matter Studio, the forthcoming clay and pottery studio from Eloise Wood, is preparing to open at 3934 E. 4th St.
Culture & Commentary

This Long Beach pottery class wants you to recreate that famous ‘Ghost’ scene for Valentine’s Day

For a rare opportunity, Clay on First is asking couples to take on a single pottery wheel for their Toast-to-Ghost Valentine's Day classes.
Culture & Commentary

A true Long Beach hero lost: Shirley Raines dies at 58

Shirley Raines, the Long Beach woman who visited Skid Row with everything from makeup to food every Saturday, has died at the age of 58.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

Meet the couple bringing back one of Long Beach’s most famous buildings to its coffee pot self

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The Coffee Pot Cafe in Long Beach is one of its most recognizable buildings—and this couple wants to serve inside it once again.
Urbanism & Development

Landmark Square sold for paltry $50M in Downtown Long Beach; plans to convert to housing

Landmark Square—often called "The Wells Fargo Building" by locals and visitors alike—has been sold to developer Izek Shomof for a meager $50M.
Urbanism & Development

Long Beach Amphitheater breaks ground; first show to come June 6

The Long Beach Amphitheater will officially break ground on Wednesday, Jan. 13—and with it, create the largest live entertainment venue in the city.
Long Beach Events
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Events & Festivals

Long Beach Last Call 2026: The full event lineup for 10-day celebration of bar culture

Brian Addison
Long Beach Last Call, from March 1-10, is a series of events celebrating the city’s rich bar culture, community, and its workers.
Events & Festivals

Slao: the hyper-intimate, one-time, gastronomical wonder of a steakhouse concept in Downtown Long Beach

Brian Addison
Chef Maxwell Pfeiffer—you might know him from Sky Room at Fairmont Breakers—is stepping away from his regular kitchen and into the R&D kitchen of...
Events & Festivals

This all-ladies cocktail competition in Long Beach is looking for contestants

Brian Addison
Long Beach Last Call 2026 is upon us, my fair city. This 10-day celebration of our city's vibrant cocktail and bar culture will host a series of events—including this all-ladies cocktail competition at Port City Tavern.
Events & Festivals

KASSO’s inaugural U.S. event brings famed Japanese show to life with world-renowned skateboarders

Brian Addison
KASSO combines skating and obstacle course—and will be bringing its first American iteration via KASSO Fest to Long Beach.

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