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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.
Long Beach breweries release two special collab beers for LA Beer Week
ISM Brewing in DTLB released their “Unity” West Coast-style IPA, a collaboration between Los Angeles Brewers Guild members. While it is now available at ISM and various stores in cans, its “official” pour will take place at the guild’s massive Independent Beer Festival at Shoreline Aquatic Park on Saturday, June 14.
In conjunction, ISM will be hosting the release of Ambitious Ales’s super-collaboration beer between itself, ISM, Ten Mile, Long Beach Beer Lab, Beachwood, Trademark, and Syncopated. Dubbed “Bay Days,” this West Coast-style IPA uses Omni Strata Terpenes hops that gives the beer an “ultra-zippy taste with big tropical notes, citrus zest, and a resinous dank profile.” It will be released tonight at ISM Brewing at 6PM.
Olallieberry pie returns to Bake n Broil
A cross between a Loganberry and youngberry, the Olallieberry is both sweet and tart, with hints of blackberry, raspberry, and a deep, wine-like note that defines its character. And it is officially back at Bake n Broil in glorious pie form.
Walt’s Wharf prepares for opening; now hiring
It’s been over a year since the beloved Walt’s Wharf space in Seal Beach caught fire. And it’s been over a year since they’ve opened their doors. (This isn’t the first time the seafood space has caught aflame: In 1993, the restaurant took on a fire shortly before that year’s Christmas parade along Main Street.)
The time has come to prepare for its reopening: The space is now asking for the filling of mulitple positions.
Wicked Wolf unveils summer cocktail menu
The Wicked Wolf—Wrigley’s hidden gem that is also one of the city’s best bars—and its leading bar men, Isaak Lusic and Austen Farley, have unveiled their summer cocktail menu. Messing with Western themes, their signature ability to play with an overwhelming array of flavors—baiju meets melon in one concoction, sotol and sumac in another—comes out in full form.
“Hell’s Kitchen” alumn return to Bar Becky for ticketed dinner experience
Reflecting on their time during Season 22 of Chef Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” chefs Johnathan Benvenuti, Sammi Tarantino, an Ryan O’Sullivan will reunite at Bar Becky in East Long Beach for a ticketed course dinner. Tickets are available here.
Bamboo Teri House will expand hours on Fridays and Saturdays
In a city desperately searching for later hours, this might feel like a drop in the bucket but we will happily take it.
ICYMI: Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 2025
From Earl Grey cream soda and artichoke dip to empanadas, biscuit sandwiches, and a loaded potato custard with caviar, here are my favorite things I was devouring across the city. Eat well, be kind, protect families—not deportations.
ICYMI: Tragically gorgeous, gorgeously tragic: The incredible story behind Long Beach’s wildly popular Zuzu’s Petals
The story behind Zuzu’s Petals is an outright incredible one, Long Beach. Beyond the beautifully created lobster omelettes and charred snap peas, one of our city’s most (rightfully) popular brunch spots harnesses a tale of second chances, resilience, and the love this industry has for taking care of people. Read. Re-read. Please share. Eat well, be kind. (And not just to others but also yourself.)
