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.
Food & Drink
Dilly’s Supper Club in Long Beach is unlike any beer dinner in the region
Dilly's is taking on a supper club. And given it is, unquestionably, home to the city's finest tap list, you know it will be anything but ordinary.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s ISM scores big at World Beer Cup
ISM Brewing & Kitchen not only scored big at this year's World Beer Cup, winning gold and silver medals for Long Beach.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ají, Recreational score legacy status; Buffalo Wild Wings to close; 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
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: April 2026
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
Events & Festivals
Designing Resistance Film Week arrives as design becomes one of the Long Beach’s best cultural languages
From April 23-30, City Fabrick, in partnership with Art Theatre of Long Beach, will launch the first-ever Designing Resistance Film Week.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s legendary 4th Horseman goes full bar (pizza shots included)
The 4th Horseman in Downtown Long Beach now has a full bar, complete with pizza shots and plenty of divey goodness.
Food & Drink
Against all odds, Bar Becky is proving to be a force of its own in Long Beach
At Bar Becky in Long Beach, Chef Johnathan Benvenuti sounds freer than he has in years—and it makes for stellar food.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach puts money toward becoming a ‘true live music city’—with hopes to help small biz
Long Beach might just become a live music-friendly city—and through policy change, not just aspirations.
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