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Long Beach bistro Taste Beer-Wine-Kitchen to host last service on Aug. 15

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Taste Beer-Wine-Kitchen, the much-loved Belmont Heights bistro, will shutter following its last service on Aug. 15.
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The 100+ menus for restaurants participating in Long Beach Food Scene Week 2026

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Here are all the menus for Long Beach Food Scene Week 2026, kicking off July 31 and running through August 9.
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Long Beach staple Appu’s Cafe to host thali-style dinner for the first time

Celebrating Long Beach Food Scene Week 2026, Appu's Cafe will offer dinner service for the first time thali-style.
Long Beach Food Scene

Long Beach’s Cali Chilli continues to showcase contemporary Indian cuisine

Cali Chilli continues to define (and defy) the idea of what Indian food can be in Long Beach.
Long Beach Food Scene

Lola’s continues using mole as an annual tradition for Long Beach Food Scene Week

Lola's Mexican Cuisine's Chef Luis Navarro has turned Mexican mole into an annual tradition for Long Beach Food Scene Week.
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O.C.-based Pastaphony opens first Long Beach location

Orange County-based fast casual Italian concept Pastaphony will be opening its first Long Beach location.
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Culture & Commentary

WERK is Long Beach’s latest queer space—and it wants everyone to be seen

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There's a new, three-level queer bar in town. And she will rightfully tell you that you betta WERK, Long Beach.
Culture & Commentary

Here are the places to watch the World Cup in Long Beach

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Long Beach restaurants are going all out for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here's where you can comfortably get your soccer on.
Culture & Commentary

A kitchen operation out of your Long Beach home? Here’s what to know

After years of advocacy, policy discussions, feasibility studies, and city approvals, Long Beach residents can now officially apply to operate Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations—better...
Culture & Commentary

Amid Long Beach’s Pride debacle, we lost the whole damn point

Amid the blame game, we forgot that Long Beach Pride has always been for the have-nots, the black and brown kids, and the unprivileged.
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Urbanism & Development

Beach Streets returns to Long Beach with its best route ever

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Beach Streets—the City of Long Beach's removal of vehicles from streets to make way for everyone from bicyclists and skaters to walkers and those in wheelchairs—is a reminder that streets are...
Urbanism & Development

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson approved for Metro Board

A committee unanimously approved Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson for a Metro Board seat, effective July 1.
Urbanism & Development

Long Beach unveils plans for LGBTQ+ Cultural District

The City of Long Beach unveiled its proposed plans for its first LGBTQ+ Cultural District. The improvements along the Broadway corridor use placemaking, public...
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Events & Festivals

Long Beach’s zine fest dedicated all things cats returns for 2026

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Cat Zine Fest returns for its second iteration thanks to one of Long Beach's most unique spaces, Cool Cat Collective.
Events & Festivals

Moonlight Movies on the Beach returns with 2026 lineup

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The city’s free, summer-long, movies-on-the-beach series, Moonlight Movies on the Beach, is back for 2026.
Events & Festivals

LA Independent Beer Fest to bring over 75 breweries to Long Beach

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The LA Independent Beer Fest will once again take over Shoreline Aquatic Park in Downtown Long Beach on June 6.
Events & Festivals

Meet the Long Beach locals trying to reinvent the Broadway queer scene

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For the Playa Larga events team, their quiet but clear push to uplift Gayborhood parties has been a mission of love and evolution.

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