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Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Padre back up for lease; plus more Mexican and more AYCE
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: April 2025
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: LUNA opens on Eastside; La Casa de Iris to open brick-and-mortar; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Culture & Commentary
With acclaimed performers Caminos Flamencos, Telefèric cements itself as Long Beach’s properly Spanish space
With monthly performances from acclaimed duo Caminos Flamencos, Telefèric cements itself as Long Beach's premier Spanish space.
Food & Drink
Noble Rotisserie wants to expand its Long Beach patronage—and it deserves to succeed
Noble Rotisserie—the Long Beach restaurant who actually owns its moniker given its noble mission—has had its hand in nearly every part of the community.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Walt’s Wharf inches toward reopening; Tantulum celebrates 20 years; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Padre/Mezcalero wage theft controversy; LB Latino Restaurant Week launches; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: North LB to have new brunch spot; Ají broken into; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Events & Festivals
Vibez on the Bay is bringing reggae to the sunset—but it’s much, much more than a concert
Vibez on the Bay is more than a reggae concert; it is about shedding the stigmas behind suicide.
Events & Festivals
Big Bang on the Bay re-introduces itself for Labor Day weekend fireworks show (block party included)
Big Bang on the Bay organizer John Morris wants the community to know two things. Fireworks are back, and so are the parties attached to them.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Milk Barn Pizza & Dairy returns; North LB gets Honduran grub; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Events & Festivals
After controversy, Big Bang on the Bay formally moved to Labor Day
After submitting paperwork late to the California Coastal Commission, the annual July 3rd (not 4th) fireworks tradition that is Big Bang on the Bay was indefinitely cancelled. But it has returned: Organizer John Morris says the new version will be on Sept. 1.
Culture & Commentary
UPDATED: Annual Long Beach fireworks show Big Bang on the Bay canceled amid accusations of political interference
The annual day-before-July-4 firework extravaganza above Alamitos Bay, Big Bang on the Bay, will not be returning this year according to longtime producer and restaurateur John Morris. According to Morris, a late application to the California Coastal Commission—led by political interference—has prompted the first time the show will not formally happen since its inception in 2011 (minus 2020, which was due to the pandemic).
Food & Drink
Playa Amor to close, host last week of service; women’s sports bar concept to take over
Playa Amor, the lauded Mexican-American restaurant from Chef Thomas Ortega, will likely be serving its last week of service as the space is readying to be occupied by what will be a women's sports-centric concept. Service is expected to run through May 31.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Small Cafe closes; Beach Hut Deli opens; Battambong goes to Coachella; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink
Open bar and fireworks? Bungalow Long Beach to host first NYE party—becoming what it’s always wanted to be
At long last, the party it has always intended to throw is to become a reality at Bungalow Long Beach, as it will host an open bar with full view of the fireworks to be shot off at Alamitos Bay for the lounge's New Year's Eve party.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Win~Dow signage goes up; Mangiafolie moves forward in old Scholb space; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink
Former Ruby’s at 2nd & PCH to become Long Beach’s first Wild Fork Foods grocer
Exotic meat lovers rejoice: alligator, ostrich, bison, rabbit... These are just a few of the some 500 varieties of frozen meats and seafood—flash frozen at some -40 degrees to reduce crystallization—offered by Wild Fork Foods, opening its first Long Beach location inside the former Ruby's space at the southeast corner of 2nd Street and Pacific Coast Highway.
Urbanism & Development
Two massive residential projects on Pacific Coast Hwy. move past Long Beach Planning Commission
Two of three massive residential projects will alter the entire landscape of Pacific Coast Highway have moved passed the city's Planning Commission.
Food & Drink
From OC to LB: ‘A PCH’ restaurant at 2nd & PCH retail complex opens July 19; reveals inaugural menu
Known for its base, minimal monikers—A Restaurant, A Crystal Cove, A Market...—the River Jetty Restaurant Group is about to open its first restaurant beyond the Orange Curtain: A PCH.
Urbanism & Development
The three residential projects set to massively alter the landscape of Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach
The landscape of the entirety of the city has shifted massively across the past decade—and outside of DTLB itself, it is likely that PCH is the one facing the most change.
Food & Drink
Your first look at the re-branded Bungalow Long Beach (and yes, Anderson .Paak will be at the grand opening)
Returning back to its original concept, owner Brent Bolthouse entirely shift the vibe of the Bungalow space into a full-on bar and lounge where food is not bigger than the mighty list of cocktails and mocktails.
Food & Drink
Group behind “A Restaurant” in OC to open “A Pacific Coast Highway” at 2nd+PCH
Known for its base, minimal monikers—A Restaurant, A Crystal Cove, A Market...—the River Jetty Restaurant Group is about to expand beyond the Orange Curtain and into Long Beach with its "A Pacific Coast Highway" concept.
Food & Drink
Dan Modern opens for take-out and delivery, officially bringing xiao long bao and hand-pulled noodles to Long Beach
The lack of diverse Chinese offerings in Long Beach has long been one of its most glaring lacks—and a new space at the 2nd + PCH complex hopes ease that lack with its modern take on Chinese classics.
Food & Drink
Noble Bird Rotisserie is one of the West Coast’s most allergen-focused restaurants—but people are forgetting just how great the food is
Wife and husband team Sidney and Steve Price have, like many restaurateurs, been on a roller coaster of a ride opening a restaurant right before the pandemic. However, theirs is specifically one helluva ride that no family would seek to hop on—but it was a ride that certainly made them stronger nonetheless.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: Famed mid-mod SeaPort Marina Hotel was once the gem of the Shore
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings, places, and things that have either been demolished, are set to be demolished, or are in motion to possibly be demolished—or were never even in existence. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
Food & Drink
Dan Modern, a space dedicated to xiao long bao and other Chinese delights, coming to Long Beach
A quickly-expanding modern take on Chinese food that started in Pasadena as a challenge to Din Tai Fung's dominance has opted to open three...
