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Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city. This is news that needs just a quick mention, is developing, or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
600 Tacos opening brick-and-mortar on Pine Avenue
Taking over the former Baja Cali space on Pine Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets—the middling taqueria closed back in December of 2024—600 Tacos will open its first brick-and-mortar. The owners said they expect to be open “within a month” and they are stoked to move beyond their rightfully popular food trucks and into the realm of permanent food spaces.
All-day cocktail happy hour at The Ordinarie.
Only at the bar top, patrons can experience happy hour at The Ordinarie from 11:30AM to 6PM Monday through Friday.
The Attic officially offers ‘girl dinners’ to the glee of ladies and the gays
A ten-olive martini. Fries. And a Caesar salad. It’s $32 at The Attic, and they appropriately dubbed it the “Ultimate Girl Dinner.” (Much obliged to the girls, gays, and lipstick lesbians, who beam proudly that such an offering exists.) That’s it. That’s the news.
Buen Provecho signage goes up in DTLB
Following the wage theft allegations that dominated the internet, Toma—from the former owner of Padre/Mezcalero—has sat empty. In fact, it has not seen life since the pandemic, when it was briefly Chef Jason Witzl of Ellie’s mariscos concept, Lupe’s. That is about to change: Isaias Hernandez of Broken Spirits Barbecue & Distillery (just across the street), will be taking over the space as Buon Provecho, which saw signage go up this week.
While details are limited, it will be a space that focuses on “the food I grew up eating as a multi-generational Mexican-American.”
Look for the full feature next week that lays out more details.
& Waffles scores beer and wine
& Waffles in Downtown Long Beach. Photo by Brian Addison.
& Waffles, the fast casual brunch-meets-counter space that opened earlier this year, is now serving beer and wine.
Mustards Cafe signage goes up on 7th Street at former Chile Verde space
Welp, that was also fast: After the short-lived NFT-meets-crypto-meets-smash-burgers-carbon-copied-from-Trill-Burger-in-Texas concept Bored & Hungry shuttered to make way for the chain that is Chile Verde, the latter has permanently closed to make way for Mustards Cafe, whose signage has gone up. (It is unclear whether this is in any relation to the popular Newport Beach cafe of the same name.)
Surf & Saddle comes to Bungalow Long Beach
After their Surf & Saddle promotions at their other locations proved too popular, the Bungalow will be bringing its line dancin’ and drinkin’ event to its Long Beach location. Happening one Thursday a month, it’s “super fun, with a great modern mix of country and pop with DJ Pinke and line dance lessons with The Red Headed Cowgirl.”
The event is $25 per person and includes one premium cocktail or two beers. Surf & Saddle tickets can be found here.
Sushi Nikkei offers discounted sushi packs
“Nikkei packs” are now a vailable Tuesday through Thursday from 5PM to 6:30PM. Here’s what they provide and their prices:
Pack 1 – $42 (Regularly $51)
Three orders of these specialty rolls:
- Acebichado
- Bixby
- Palta
Pack 2 – $60 (Regularly $68)
Four orders of any specialty rolls.
Pack 3 – $72 (Regularly $83)
- Edamame or Spicy Edamame
- 2pc Tuna Taco or 2pc Shrimp Taco
- 6pc Sushi Nikkei Style:
- Sweet Salmon
- Tuna Power
- Asian Shiromi
- Plus two orders of any specialty rolls.
ICYMI: The Win~Dow now has breakfast—and yes, it’s as affordable as its regular menu
The Win~Dow—the Venice-born smash burger stand that helped ignite L.A.’s burger craze with its no-frills, through-the-window $5 cheeseburgers—has officially taken on breakfast.
For the full feature, click here.
ICYMI: Black Lagoon—an immersive Halloween take-over—hits The Ordinarie before it becomes Miracle
The Ordinarie is going for ambitious in 2025: Come Oct. 3, it will transform into a chilling den of cocktails and creatures as it hosts the Black Lagoon pop-up, an immersive Halloween bar experience. Running through Nov. 1, it will then shutter for a handful of days to overturn the space into Miracle at The Ordinarie, the space’s wildly popular Christmas pop-up.
For the full feature, click here.
ICYMI: The Social List in Long Beach unveils two-week-only Oktoberfest menu
4th Street staple The Social List—before diving straight into its upcoming Halloween takeover as it did last year—is taking on Oktoberfest. With a relatiely simple, straight-forward offering, this four-item menu will run solely through Sept. 18.
