Brian Addison
Brian Addison has been a writer, editor, and photographer for more than 15 years, covering everything from food and culture to transportation and housing. In 2015, he was named Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club and has since garnered 30 nominations and three additional wins. In 2019, he was awarded the Food/Culture Critic of the Year across any platform at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. He has since been nominated in that category every year since, joining fellow food writers from the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Eater, the Orange County Register, and more.
Food & Drink
Not for the traditionalists: Masa y Taza gives Long Beach its most unique, Californian interpretation of chorizo
It's not for everyone. But Masa y Taza is drawing crowds for its distinct take on chorizo and its massive, Chihuahua-style tortillas sobaqueras used for breakfast burritos.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Malainey’s closing at end of the year; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach’s love of special dinners—collabs, tasting menus, and more—is altering the food scene
Special dinners are popping up consistently around Long Beach, offering diners a distinctly unique perspective on where our food scene is and where it is going.
Food & Drink
Years in the making, Hey Brother Baker’s gloriously carby brick-and-mortar opens in Long Beach
Hey Brother Baker owners Jesse Hellen-Lloyd and wife Christina Wilson have finally opened their brick-and-mortar in Zaferia.
Food & Drink
Long Beach restaurants open on Christmas Day for those that work, don’t celebrate, or just need a break
Many people can't connect on the holidays—be it due to work, inability to fly out or drive to family, or are simply exhausted. We got you covered with this list of Long Beach restaurants open on Christmas.
Food & Drink
North Long Beach’s viral Glizzy Street signs lease at Partake Collective (DTLB pop-up included)
Glizzy Street—the gone-viral, North Long Beach-born, twin brothers-based hot dog stand that rightfully took the local, regional, then national hearts of us all—has officially signed a lease with DTLB-based ghost kitchen, Partake Collective.
Culture & Commentary
After community outrage over ICE snatching, a loved immigrant restauranteur returns home in Long Beach
Babbljit “Bubbly” Kaur has returned home after being taken in by ICE mid-immigration appointment.
Food & Drink
Always taste the special menu at the annual Sushi Nikkei anniversary in Belmont Shore
Sushi Nikkei's anniversary was celebrated for the third time in Belmont Shore, with Chef Eduardo Chang Ogata and wife Daiwa Wong offering patrons a menu that heavily diverged from the space's staple sushi offerings
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