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Mendocino Farms to open first Long Beach brick-and-mortar at LBX

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Mendocino Farms—the beloved, chef-driven sandwich shop born in Los Angeles back in 2005—is finally opening a proper brick-and-mortar in Long Beach.
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Tragically gorgeous, gorgeously tragic: The incredible story behind Long Beach’s wildly popular Zuzu’s Petals

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Zuzu's Petals—Long Beach's (rightfully and) wildly popular brunch space on the easternmost edge of DTLB—is surely surrounded by beauty.
Food & Drink

Coming soon, Long Beach: Lima Cebichería Peruana, from the owners of acclaimed Sushi Nikkei

Lima Cebichería Peruana, a new concept moving into the former Chicken University space in Bixby Knolls, is coming from the owners of the rightfully acclaimed Sushi Nikkei.
Food & Drink

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Taste of DTLB kicks off; coffeeshop-meets-billiards club coming; more

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

OBRA HandBakery to expand into Santa Ana (and no, their Long Beach location is not closing)

OBRA HandBakery—the Latin American-centric bakery serving up some of the city's best savory and sweet goods—has finally found a second home. And as with any Long Beach-birthed brand, that is worth celebrating.
Food & Drink

Beachwood Distilling’s updated cocktail program proves it’s one of Long Beach’s most unique drink spaces

Beachwood Distilling's new cocktail menu—headed by Long Beach bartending veteran and simply-great-human-being Sarah Foss—beautifully amalgamates the space's desired evolution and its customer base.
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Culture & Commentary

‘You can’t age out of love:’ How Long Beach nonprofit DSF Werks uplifts former foster youth

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DSF Werks has one simple mission: to offer emancipated youth the opportunity to understand the power of social relationships.
Culture & Commentary

Long Beach Museum of Art’s ‘Art of Food’ exhibit is deliciously of the time

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The Long Beach Museum of Art's latest exhibition, "The Art of Food"—a sprawling, compellingly complex look at the aesthetics, politics, and social constructions of food—features over 100 works from both the masters and their contemporaries.
Culture & Commentary

Long Beach Art Scene: Kintsugi workshops, artist symposium, tiki documentary, more

There is plenty of news surrounding Long Beach's art scene—here are the highlights.
Culture & Commentary

Cake Picnic Long Beach: Hundreds of slices up for sampling at this charitable event

Michelle Cortado has already registered over 400 attendees for Cake Picnic Long Beach, set to take place on the Sports Basement event deck on Sunday, June 15, at noon.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

Long Beach transit mall—with an old Blue Line train as decor—scores additional $1.5M in funding

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Initially proposed in March of 2023, the Long Beach transit mall renovation took an inch toward reality this week.
Urbanism & Development

Long Beach Blvd. scores upgrade with small stretch of protected bike lane

Long Beach recently debuted a new northbound protected bike lane along Long Beach Blvd. in front of the newly opened Harbor Yard Apartments.
Urbanism & Development

Water taxi between San Pedro and Long Beach for the 2028 Olympics? Metro’s exploring it.

Metro will be looking into the feasibility of having a water taxi shuttle Olympic spectators and participants between San Pedro and Long Beach.
Long Beach Events
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Events & Festivals

LA Independent Beer Fest 2025 to bring over 75 breweries to Long Beach

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LA Independent Beer Fest 2025 will take place on Saturday, June 14, transforming Shoreline Aquatic Park into hop heaven.
Events & Festivals

Long Beach BBQ Festival 2025 to bring the meats, music, merriment and more

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Long Beach BBQ Festival 2025 is ready to take over Shoreline Aquatic Park this Friday and Saturday, May 23 and 24.
Events & Festivals

Moonlight Movies on the Beach returns with 2025 lineup

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Moonlight Movies on the Beach returns for its 2025 outing come June 17 with its first screening, "The Goonies."
Events & Festivals

‘Retro Romp’ in Bixby Knolls will require bar crawlers to dress up as Mrs. Roper, grandma, or grandpa

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The upcoming "Retro Romp" in Bixby Knolls on Sunday, June 1, from noon to 4PM is a bar crawl-meets-Grandma costume party.

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