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Ammatoli proves it’s one of the region’s best with its bold, bodacious brunch

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An Ammatoli brunch easily solidifies why it is one of the city's most acclaimed restaurants.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Olive & Rose shutters bagel concept; Lazy Dough previews; 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 news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink

After decades, Central American staple La Ceiba shutters its doors in Long Beach

La Ceiba, the Long Beach restaurant that has blended Honduran and Salvadoran food at different locations across decades, has formally shuttered its doors.
Food & Drink

This $500 cocktail is one of many the Fairmont Breakers will offer for the Long Beach Grand Prix

Perhaps there is nothing more extravagant than serving Louis XIII in a cocktail. That's exactly what the Fairmont Breakers is doing with one of its various Grand Prix-centric cocktail offerings.
Food & Drink

The essential Long Beach pizza list

Our city's pizza game has never been stronger: From Neapolitan and Roman to Californian and American, Long Beach has a love for the pie that is finally rivaling our sister city to the north.
Food & Drink

Once again, Long Beach’s Gusto is a finalist for prestigious James Beard award

Long Beach’s Gusto bakery, the Latin American-centric space that overtly overthrows Eurocentric ideals when it comes to baked goods, has officially become a finalist for Outstanding Bakery at the James...
Cultural Currents
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Culture & Commentary

Long Beach coffee pioneer Wade Windsor faces cancer, Lyme disease; family seeking help

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Wade Windsor, the charming, affable, kind coffee pioneer who brought Long Beach some of its first taste of third-wave coffee with the (much-missed) Lord Windsor in Alamitos Beach, is facing one hell of an uphill battle.
Culture & Commentary

Queer-owned retail space Adelita’s Revenge is becoming a hub for Long Beach’s marginalized

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From sound baths and full moon healings to Spanish classes and film screenings, Adelita's Revenge is becoming a central hub to better connect marginalized people.
Culture & Commentary

After 15-year presence in Downtown Long Beach, Fingerprints Music to move to Bixby Knolls

After a 15-year presence in DTLB, music and record stalwart Fingerprints Music will move to Bixby Knolls come April.
Culture & Commentary

Long Beach Lost: The gentleman’s club that opened with a five-day long party and bankruptcy

My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings, places, and things that have either been demolished, are set to be demolished, or are in motion to possibly be demolished—or were never even in existence. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

Work on 300 Alamitos Ave. senior living space in Long Beach officially starts

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Crews are expected actually to break ground by the end of this week on a senior housing development at 300 Alamitos Ave.
Urbanism & Development

Line up your turkeys: Lucky Strike to open bowling alley at Long Beach exchange

A Lucky Strike bowling alley will be coming to Long Beach thanks to an approval from the Planning Commission earlier this month.
Urbanism & Development

Thank the transit gods: E-scooters permitted on Long Beach’s beach path beginning in May

E-scooter riders—like those found on Bird and Lime scooters across the city—will soon be able to use the beach path for their transportation needs.
Long Beach Events
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Events & Festivals

The annual ‘halfway to Halloween’ beer festival returns with 40 breweries and distilleries

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The crew that brought Long Beach its first major beer festival during the pandemic, Halloween Hootenanny and continues to do so each year since—Festival Obscura...
Events & Festivals

Massive rum event in Downtown Long Beach to feature 80+ expressions and unlimited tastings

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The Rum Curious Summit 2025 will be hosted at Altar Society in Downtown Long Beach for its inaugural outing, featuring over 20 rum brands offering 100-plus expressions of the spirit.
Events & Festivals

Yes, there’s a free disco party aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach (costume contest included)

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The free disco’n’funk party aboard The Queen Mary and inside the Observation Bar will be on Thursday, April 10 from 8PM to 11PM.
Events & Festivals

Long Beach Homebrew Invitational returns with unlimited beer tastings

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Ah, 'tis the season for our city's budding home brewers to flex their skills in the annual Long Beach Homebrew Invitational hosted by Craft Beer LB.

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