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Food & Drink
Long Beach breweries dominate 2025 Brewers Cup of California awards
Nearly every Long Beach brewery—Altar Society, Ambitious Ales, Long Beach Beer Lab, Ten Mile Brewing, and Trademark Brewing—scored a medal at the 2025 Brewers Cup of California.
Food & Drink
Baby Gee, for the third year in a row, recognized by prestigious Spirited Awards
Known as the bar world’s Oscars, Baby Gee is named one of the Top 10 best bars in the West for the second year in a row, following their best new bar recognition back in 2023 by the Spirited Awards.
Food & Drink
Once again, Long Beach’s Gusto is a finalist for prestigious James Beard award
Long Beach’s Gusto bakery, the Latin American-centric space that overtly overthrows Eurocentric ideals when it comes to baked goods, has officially become a finalist for...
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Shlap Muan named in Top 15 places to eat in the country by Yelp!
North Long Beach and Cambodian chicken wing staple Shlap Muan has been named the eleventh best place to eat in the entire country.
Food & Drink
Ammatolí, Tacos La Carreta, Sonoratown rank on Los Angeles Times 101 Best Restaurants list
Los Angeles Times food critic Bill Addison—working with columnist Jenn Harris—has released the publication's annual 101 Best Restaurants. And three Long Beach restaurants ranked:...
Food & Drink
Long Beach restaurants land in Yelp rankings; Shlap Muan and Pickle Banh Mi land in Top 10
Multiple Long Beach businesses landed in Yelp! Elites' rankings for the best restaurants throughout Los Angeles County.
Food & Drink
Long Beach breweries score at the 2024 Great American Beer Fest
Ambitious Ales, ISM Brewing, and Trademark Brewing all scored medals at the 2024 Great American Beer Fest.
Food & Drink
Long Beach popup Brother’s Keeper BBQ wins Bludso-led competition
Maurice "Mo" Stewart, the man behind the underrated Brother's Keeper BBQ popup, was named the best barbecue in the region.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Heritage holds onto its Michelin star for the second year in a row
Long Beach's Heritage restaurant—ran and operated by Chef Philip and his sister Lauren Pretty—has held onto its Michelin star for the second year in a row after first scoring it last year.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach’s Jenni Rivera to receive posthumous star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
La Diva de la Banda herself, Jenni Rivera, will receive a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame come June 27. Fellow Mexican music star Gloria Trevi will speak during the ceremony while Rivera’s five children—Jacqie, Johnny, Jenicka, Michael, and her child-following-mom's-foosteps Chiquis—will accept the star on her behalf.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach comedian Gabriel Iglesias, aka Fluffy, to receive Key to the City (free/low-cost show included)
Comedian and all-around lover of all things Long Beach Gabriel Iglesias—known to his legion of fans as "Fluffy"—is set to receive a prestigious Key to the City from Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson on Tuesday, June 18 at the Long Beach Terrace Theatre.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach’s Studio One Eleven recognized as Best in Practice by prestigious Architect’s Newspaper
Long Beach’s Studio One Eleven received a rather fantastic recognition from one of the nation’s most prestigious and recognized architectural publications: Best in Practice for a medium firm in the United States.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Rubio’s, Dave’s Hot Chicken likely to close in Belmont Shore; 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’s The Wild Chive named one of the best brunch spots in the nation
Chef Soozee Nguyen and the entire Wild Chive team have definitive reason to celebrate: Yelp!—the user-determined restaurant aggregator that is simultaneously useful and one of the worst parts of the food industry—has determined that the Alamitos Beach vegan spot is one of the country's best for brunch.
Food & Drink
ISM Brewing scores three, Trademark one medal at the prestigious World Beer Cup
The World Beer Cup, largely seen as the globe's most prestigious international beer competition, has bestowed four medals onto two Long Beach Breweries—DTLB's ISM Brewing and Washington/DTLB's Trademark—that further showcase that Long Beach's beer scene is stronger than ever.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Golden Burgers to become Eat Fantastic; two new parklets coming; 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
Baby Gee Bar named in prestigious Spirited Awards as top 10 bar in the U.S. West
After scoring an acknowledgement just last year from the prestigious Tale of the Cocktail Foundation’s Spirited Awards—the bar world's Oscars—for being one of the Top 10 best new bars in the U.S. West, Baby Gee Bar finds itself yet again recognized by the coveted awards: It has been named one of the best bars in the country's western region.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Chile Verde moving into former Bored & Hungry space; Primal Alchemy scores prestigious award; 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
Gusto Bread formally becomes Long Beach’s first James Beard finalist
Long Beach’s Gusto Bread, the Latin American-centric space that overtly overthrows Eurocentric ideals when it comes to baked goods, has officially become a finalist for Outstanding Bakery in the 2024 James Beards awards, the nation’s most prestigious food honors.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Plunge, V-Burger close; BBQ fest to return; 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: The Pan to reopen in March; Korean fried chicken hidden in a deli; 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
Chefs of Ammatolí, La Parolaccia vying for best chef in California at James Beard Awards
Following the announcement that Gusto Bread is a semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery, the James Beard Awards—the nation's most prestigious food honors—have put forth Chef Dima Habibeh of Ammatolí and Chefs Stefano and Michael Procaccini of La Parolaccia as semifinalists for Best Chef in California.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Gusto bakery a semifinalist for prestigious James Beard award
Long Beach's Gusto bakery, the Latin American-centric space that overtly overthrows Eurocentric ideals when it comes to baked goods, has officially become a semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery in the 2024 James Beards awards.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Ammatolí and Selva named (again) two of region’s best restaurants by Los Angeles Times; Tacos La Carreta joins
Ammatolí and Selva are the sole two Long Beach restaurants to score a coveted spot on Los Angeles Times food critic Bill Addison's 101 Best Restaurants list, marking Ammatolí's third outing on the list and Selva's second.
Culture & Commentary
‘Cambodian Cowboy’—Long Beach Chef Chad Phuong—honored at inaugural AAPI small business awards in DTLA
The Cambodian Cowboy continues his mass representation of all things good with the Cambodian community, scoring one of the first awards handed out by the API SBC.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Tacos La Carreta named one of the best tacos in L.A. by Bon Appétit
After winning big at LA TACO's 2023 TACO MADNESS, Tacos La Carreta has been named one of the region's best place for tacos by Bon Appétit.
Urbanism & Development
Architectural Digest names Long Beach 3rd best place in country to buy a beach house
While the Carolinas dominated the Top 10, Long Beach was named the best on the West Coast and third in the nation as a place to buy a summer beach house.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach has scored its first Michelin star—but the Guide’s importance in SoCal (and the world) needs to be dismissed in the modern world
There is no question this is an accolade—but therein lies another question: Should this accolade mean something for an organization that dismissed our entire region?
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Fluffy Sno-Balls named 5th best frozen treat shop in country, #1 in California by Yelp!
The loved'n'hated aggregator Yelp! has continually shown love for Long Beach—but to have an frozen treat shop represented is a first. And yes, we're happy it's Black'n'queer-owned.
Food & Drink
The Long Beach chefs and restaurants featured in the 2023 Michelin Guide to California
Though the question of whether Californians should really care about Michelin distinctions—particularly following the organization's original reasoning behind ditching coverage of Los Angeles—remains viable,...
Food & Drink
Bar Envie, Long Beach’s NOLA-inspired space, named one of nation’s best new bars
Following Baby Gee Bar's prestigious nod by the Tale of the Cocktail Foundation as one of the country's best new bars, Bar Envie pulls up with a #3 score in Mashed's Best New Bars in the U.S. list.
Food & Drink
Baby Gee Bar recognized by the Spirited Awards, the libation world’s most prestigious honor
The Tale of the Cocktail Spirited Awards—what can be called the James Beard Awards of the libation world—have noted Long Beach's Baby Gee Bar as a Top 10 Best New Bar in the U.S West, standing amongst Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland.
Food & Drink
Ambitious, LB Beer Lab, Ten Mile win big at statewide Brewers Cup
The annual competition is one of California's most prestigious in terms of beer—and breweries representing Long Beach showed strong in 2023.
Food & Drink
Two Long Beach spaces make Yelp!’s Top 25 restaurants in the country; LA’s Broken Mouth takes top spot
The (rightfully) much-lauded Appu's Cafe and the under-the-radar BMore Protein Pub garnered spots in the top 25 among the 100 restaurants ranked by Yelp! across the entirety of the country.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach-based design studio City Fabrick brings home the gold from the American Planning Association awards
Considered among the most respected of planning and architectural honors, City Fabrick was the sole entity to score three awards.
Food & Drink
Five Long Beach restaurants recognized in Michelin guide
While The Attic, Heritage, and Hiro Nori Craft Ramen maintained their mentions from last year, newcomers Sushi Nikkei and Chiang Rai join the growing list.
Food & Drink
Beachwood, Ten Mile win gold at Great American Beer Fest; Ambitious aims for next year
The annual competition is largely considered the nation's most prestigious in terms of beer—and Long Beach showed up and strong in 2022.
Culture & Commentary
Three Long Beach restaurants recognized by Michelin but does the guide matter in L.A.?
Heritage, The Attic, and HiroNori have both been noted in the new guide that recently returned to California—not formally awarded any stars—but should the L.A. region really care?
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s Beachwood named Best Large Brewpub at the 2016 World Beer Cup
Make no mistake about it, Long Beach: DTLB is home to one of the best brewpubs in the nation—and Beachwood BBQ & Brewing has...
