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.
Events & Festivals
Rasselbock’s legendary Oktoberfest celebration returns to Bixby Knolls
2025 Oktoberfest season at Rasselbock on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 3PM with a full-scale kick-off event. After that, every Friday and Saturday welcomes a party until Oct. 25.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s first, proper izakaya space, Homareya, opens this week
Homareya—taking the storefront right next to Milana’s New York Pizzeria—will be a rarity for Long Beach when it opens on Friday, Sept. 12 at 5:30PM.
Urbanism & Development
This Long Beach home tour is a tour-de-force of mid-mod architecture
Long Beach’s love affair with modernism takes center stage this Sunday, Sept. 14, as a collection of the city’s finest mid-century modern homes open their doors for an intimate, one-day tour.
Events & Festivals
FAM Fest 2025 is here—bigger, bolder, giving away every cent—with Long Beach’s best in the food world
FAM Fest’s 2025 edition should have taken over Heritage Farm—and it will—but this year, expect a block party.
Events & Festivals
Chef Luis Navarro wins first round of Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe competition
Chef Luis Navarro of Lola's and The Social List narrowly ousted Chef Johnathan Benvenuti of Bar Becky in the first round of the first bracket of the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe competition.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Girls dinners with 10-olive martinis, 600 Tacos, line dancing’n’cocktails, more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Food & Drink
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—has officially taken on breakfast.
Events & Festivals
Black Lagoon—an immersive Halloween take-over—hits The Ordinarie before it becomes Miracle
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.
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