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 33 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.
Beyond his writing, he oversees multiple Long Beach food events, including: Long Beach Food Scene Week, his annual restaurant week; Long Beach Last Call, a 10-day celebration of our city's bar and cocktail culture; Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe, a chef's competition where patrons decide the winner; and an annual collaboration with Vans Warped Tour that partners restaurants with bands to create affordable dishes prior to Long Beach Food Scene Week.
Long Beach Food Scene
CoffeeDrunk’s Belmont Shore location opened—prettier and comfier than ever
CoffeeDrunk has officially opened its Belmont Shore location—its warmest, most textural, comfiest shop yet.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach’s Pie Bar, celebrating a decade of service, is truly a pie-oneer
For those who have been in Long Beach for over a decade, Laurie's Pie Bar is far more than a dessert shop in Downtown.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Casa Sanchez not reopening; multiple places expand; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Long Beach Food Scene
Wrigley Coffee wants to remind Long Beach: We’re here—and we’re good
When Wrigley Coffee first opened on Willow Street in early 2022, its purpose stretched well beyond pulling espresso shots.
Long Beach Food Scene
Essential Long Beach coffee shops
The Long Beach coffee scene is continually evolving and changing—and with that, let's explore the best of the best of that very scene.
Long Beach Food Scene
The Reef wants to reintroduce itself to Long Beach
The Reef—one of Long Beach's longest-running restaurants—has officially reopened its doors as a restaurant.
Urbanism & Development
Beach Streets returns to Long Beach with its best route ever
Beach Streets—the City of Long Beach's removal of vehicles from streets to make way for everyone from bicyclists and skaters to walkers and those...
Long Beach Food Scene
Quickly expanding SF coffee brand Sana’a Cafe to open first Long Beach location
Sana'a Cafe—the San Francisco-based Yemeni coffee brand—is officially coming with its first Long Beach location.
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