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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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: A chopped cheese shop finally opens; Ono Hawaiian BBQ 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.
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Long Beach’s Roe revamps cocktail menu—and it’s their best to date
With bar manager Emilee Comeau, Long Beach's Roe is ready to showcase its evolution in cocktails.
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This $500 cocktail is one of many the Fairmont Breakers will offer for the Long Beach Grand Prix
Perhaps there is nothing more extravagant than serving Louis XIII in a cocktail. That's exactly what the Fairmont Breakers is doing with one of its various Grand Prix-centric cocktail offerings.
Events & Festivals
Massive rum event in Downtown Long Beach to feature 80+ expressions and unlimited tastings
The Rum Curious Summit 2025 will be hosted at Altar Society in Downtown Long Beach for its inaugural outing, featuring over 20 rum brands offering 100-plus expressions of the spirit.
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Long Beach’s BLACK Bar to shutter end of April; sold to owners of Breakfast Bar
BLACK Bar Long Beach will be shuttering at the end of April, marking an end to the women-owned space that has defined the corner of Broadway and Hermosa Avenue for nearly a decade.
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Long Beach Last Call’s celebration of bar culture draws the crowds for second year
Long Beach Last Call 2025—a 13-event celebration of our city's bar scene across 10 days—saw hundreds upon hundreds of people pour out to honor one of the most thankless industries, our bar and cocktail culture.
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This Long Beach ‘bar-mers’ market features spirit tastings (and your last chance to have Waldo’s Pizza)
For Long Beach Last Call, Port City Tavern's parking lot will be a bar-mers market, where alcohol vendors, food vendors—including the much-loved last popup of Waldo's Pizza—and good times await come Saturday, Mar. 8 from noon to 5PM.
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Chef behind Waldo’s Pizza to take over Due Fiori space in Long Beach
Waldo's Pizza will be hosting its last popup at this weekend's upcoming "bar-mers" market at Port City Tavern for Long Beach Last Call.
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The ultimate Downtown Long Beach bar crawl is returning—and it’s essential for the neighborhood
The DTLB bar crawl returns thanks to support from the Downtown Long Beach Alliance. And it does so on Friday, Mar. 7 beginning at 6PM at Altar Society.
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Essential cocktails to drink during Long Beach Last Call 2025
Long Beach Last Call 2025 isn't just about the events. It's also about the incredible, for-this-event-only creations by some of our city's most talented mixologists.
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Long Beach’s The Attic is a prime example of business evolution—its cocktail program included
There is no way to discuss The Attic without discussing evolution—and that means both its food and cocktails.
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One year in, Broken Spirits continues to evolve as it centers its Long Beach presence
As we push toward celebrating Long Beach Last Call 2025—a 10-day, multi-event celebration of our city’s rich bar culture and the people who make...
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Michael’s on Naples proudly offers one of Long Beach’s strongest wine and cocktail programs
Michael's on Naples is a libation lover's paradise—which is why the restaurant will host a spectacular, five-wine tasting for Long Beach Last Call 2025 and Jolly will serve up two special cocktails.
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The Stache continues its evolution as Long Beach’s most distinct kinda-specialty-still-divey spaces
The Stache Bar on 4th Street has long been a staple—but it is also kind of forgotten as to why it has been a staple in the first place. They're changing that.
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Hennessy is a cultural cog for many Long Beach communities. This tasting will explore its history.
For Long Beach Last Call 2025, Downtown Long Beach's Chez Bacchus will hosting a Hennessy tasting event.
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Marlena continues to be Long Beach’s history teacher in cocktails
Marlena bar manager David Castillo has always been, at his core, a history teacher. His menu for Long Beach Last Call is no exception.
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Long Beach’s proper Irish pub wants to teach you how to make a proper Irish coffee
The Auld Dubliner will be hosting an Irish coffee class for Long Beach Last Call 2025.
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The Wicked Wolf pushes itself as Long Beach’s most underrated drinking spot
For those that know The Wicked Wolf, they know two things: its cocktails are fabulous and its leading lady, Thea Mercouffer.
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This unlimited tasting event in Long Beach will feature over 30 expressions of tequila and mezcal
"A Taste of Mexico" is a Long Beach Last Call tasting event on Tuesday, Mar. 4, featuring 14 Mexican distilleries serving over 30 expressions.
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Wood & Salt Tavern continues to be the epicenter of the cocktail culture in Bixby Knolls
In a neighborhood bereft of proper bars, Wood & Salt and its beverage director, Gabriel Ducharme, are leading the neighborhood into what sophisticated, elevated drink programs look like.
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Long Beach Last Call 2025 continues to celebrate bar industry with events, menus
Long Beach Last Call 2025 will return March 1 and run through March 10 with a series of events on each day that celebrates the city’s rich bar culture, community, and its workers.
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Lunar New Year lion dance event in Downtown Long Beach to include Midnight Oil preview
A Midnight Oil preview will be part of a Lunar New Year celebration on The Promenade in Downtown Long Beach. (Yes, lion dance performance included.)
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Long Beach Last Call returns for 2025 with 10-day celebration of bar and cocktail industry
Long Beach Last Call 2025 will run March 1 through March 10 with a series of events on each day that celebrates the city’s rich bar culture, community, and its workers.
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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.
Culture & Commentary
Remembering Dickie Babian: Legendary Long Beach bar owner dead at 90
After celebrating his 90th year, Long Beach dive bar legend Dickie Babian passed on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 21.
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Long Beach bar O’Connell’s has been serving 4th Street for over 90 years
To understand Long Beach's love of drinking is to understand O'Connell's on 4th Street where it meets Temple Avenue.
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With newly minted liquor license, Long Beach’s Chez Bacchus is complete
Chez Bacchus—one of the few white-cloth dining spaces in Downtown Long Beach—has unveiled its first cocktail menu.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: El Viejón—taking over Congregation space—soft opens; 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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sugar Taco closes; Recreational Coffee introduces booze, late hours; 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.
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Taking over Rosemallows in DTLB, Midnight Oil will bring late night dim sum and rotating speakeasy
While some are lamenting the loss of Rosemallows, Leonard Chan, the man behind restaurant and bar group The Alchemists, is moving in with Midnight Oil.
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Drinks that defined Long Beach’s food scene in 2024
The Long Beach cocktails of 2024 proved one thing: Our drinking game and our bar talent have never been stronger.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Rosemallows hosts last days of service; Amorcito shutters; 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.
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Angel’s Share in Belmont Shore pivots and adapts: ‘We want to be a part of the community’
Angel's Share owner Jack Walls is understanding that adapting and pivoting are essential parts of the long-term game.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Church’s on Cherry closes; New Amsterdam re-brands; 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.
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Your guide to Long Beach holiday drinks and food: 2024 Edition
Much to the pleasure of spook lovers, we are witnessing a horrifying growth in Long Beach holiday drinks and food menus this year—more than any year previously.
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Port City Tavern unveils holiday menu—including the espresso martini tree (yes, you read that right)
When it comes to the holidays—be it Halloween or Oktoberfest or Christmas—Port City Tavern is there for both the neighborhood and its patrons.
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Miracle on 4th Street: Baby Gee brings the snow and holiday cocktails
Baby Gee is bringing a flurry of snow on the hour daily and a slew of wintertime cheer inside with its onslaught of wondrous winter decorations.
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The Attic happily skips the warm in favor of the bright for holiday cocktail menu
The Attic on Broadway has unveiled its holiday cocktail menu, joining the wonderful plethora of spaces that are partaking in creating holiday menus.
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Essential Long Beach cocktails and spirit menus
Long Beach cocktails and spirit choices—and its mocktail counterpart—have never been stronger, with bar managers and tenders creating a new era of hospitality and drinkability. Here are some of the best shining throughout the city.
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The Stache Bar’s holiday joy continues as it goes from Halloween to Krampus
The Stache Bar holiday dive into the world of Krampus, Disneyland's The Haunted Mansion, old-school Americana Christmas, and a totally new attitude when it comes to cocktails has officially arrived.
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The Social List decks the halls with holiday cocktail menu, winter updates
The Social List has unveiled its 2024 holiday cocktail menu as well as a handful of winter food items that continue to mark Long Beach as the holiday bar Mecca that it deserves to be.
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Long Beach’s tiki haven, Bamboo Club, returns with its annual tinsel-ed up, boozed out holiday celebration
New mugs, who this? Bamboo Club—Long Beach's tiki king for half a decade—has returned with its annual Tinsel Club tradition.
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Baby Gee Bar’s winter menu proves—again—it is one of the region’s most innovative cocktail concocters
Baby Gee Bar's newly minted winter menu—a giddily gleeful, 15-cocktail celebration—continues its consistency in excellence and execution.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Jan’s Health Bar opens first LB space; Torisho closes; 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.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: Nov. 2024
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.
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Tokyo Noir isn’t just a speakeasy; it’s an ode to discipline and honing Long Beach’s growing cocktail culture
Tucked into a space where one enters through the alley way of El Barrio, Tokyo Noir is far more than a speakeasy.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Olive & Rose cocktails coming; mini-market Indian grub; new dim sum; 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.
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This tasting event at Panxa will offer tacos and unlimited tastings of agave spirits (on the cheap)
"A Taste of Mexico" at Panxa comes with unlimited spirits tastings, tacos, music, and good vibes on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 6PM ot 9PM.
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Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2024: UPDATED
Your complete guide to all the restaurants opening (or not) in Long Beach in 2024.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sonoratown open 7 days a week; Miracle at The Ordinarie 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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Chef Melissa Ramsay leaves Angel’s share; 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.
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Your guide to Long Beach Halloween drinks and food: 2024 Edition
Much to the pleasure of spook lovers, we are witnessing a horrifying growth in Long Beach Halloween drinks and food menus this year—more than any year previously.
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Altar Society breakfast: Brewery blends bubbles, Bloody Marys, and breakfast burritos
An Altar Society breakfast, you say? Yessiree: breakfast sandwiches, pizzas, burritos, and plenty of bubbles, beers, and Bloody Marys to wrap a nice liquid blanket around those day drinkers.
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Port City Tavern joins the spooktacularly stellar lineup of Long Beach Halloween cocktail menus
Port City Tavern has a whimsical, spooky array of Halloween cocktail offerings and skull-tacular decorations.
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Stache Bar’s horror movie-inspired cocktail menu marks a return to form
Stache Bar, 4th Street's much beloved dive-meets-high-end-spirits space, helped introduce Long Beach to good liquor. And now, they return with their first formal cocktail menu in a while.
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This Long Beach whiskey dinner sends you home with a bottle of single-barrel bourbon
A Long Beach whiskey dinner that lets you walk away with your own bottle of proprietary, single-barrel Woodford Reserve? Oh yes.
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From Krampus to Morticia Addams: The Social List’s devilishly delicious Halloween cocktail menu
The Social List has always had stellar cocktails. And their 2024 Halloween menu—expanded from six cocktails last year to 10 this year—continues to reflect that standard.
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Long Beach’s Bamboo Club digs Halloween cocktail menu The Tremble Club from the grave
Long Beach's Bamboo Club transforms into "The Tremble Club" for Halloween.
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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.
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‘Tea Time Wolf’ cements Wicked Wolf as one of Long Beach’s most zero proof-friendly spaces
'Tea Time Wolf' seamlessly converts The Wicked Wolf into a 21-and-over-only, daytime tea house and café.
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Insanely stacked Long Beach FAM Fest 2024 lineup gives away every cent from tickets to cancer research
The FAM Fest 2024 lineup is, well, nothing short of stacked with food, art, and music for its Saturday, Oct. 12 outing.
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Taco Death Match: Long Beach festival-meets-competition pairs taqueros and breweries (with some tequila on the side)
Taco Death Match, the inaugural taco competition heading to Mosaic in Downtown Long Beach on Nov. 3, will have a curated slate of chefs and taqueros create special “ofrenda tacos” that honor dead loved ones.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Baby Gee owners to open trattoria concept; rooftop of Breakers update; 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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: NYC-style chopped cheese hope; Battambong BBQ hits four 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.
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Shirley’s Temple, Long Beach area’s sole zero-proof bar, will permanently close on Sept. 29
Shirley's Temple owner Essie Evans has decided to cut operating days to Thursdays through Sundays. And, unfortunately, this will be until the mocktail space's final day on Sunday, Sept. 29.
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Roadkill Long Beach is a hidden country bar in Rosemallows—red Solo cups and all
Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee—or more like Downtown—Roadkill Long Beach is a hidden country bar inside Rosemallows.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: More closures, openings across city; Queen Mary seeks exec chef; 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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Hamburgers Nice and Baby Gee collab; Ficklewood closes; 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.
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FIRST LOOK: Inside Beachwood Distilling’s cocktail and food program in Bixby Knolls
Beachwood Distilling in Bixby Knolls is finally prepared to show off its spirited efforts toward craft cocktail creation.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Royal Indian Curry House finds new home in DTLB; new coffee joint coming to Wrigley; 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
1984 torch carried through Long Beach will be on display at Legends for Olympics kick-off party
Legends, the Belmont Shore sports bar staple, will be hosting an Olympics kick-off and watch party as the opening ceremony from Paris will air on Friday, July 26, at 9AM.
Culture & Commentary
Watch Me Sports Bar—Long Beach’s first space dedicated to women’s sports—to open July 26
Watch Me Sports Bar (stylized Watch Me!)—which took over the former Playa Amor space earlier this year—will officially open Friday, July 26 at 4PM. And with that opening, brings Long Beach its first space solely dedicated to women's sports.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: I Luv Ur Buns brick-and-mortar grand opening; Sake Secrets burglarized; 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.
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Long Beach’s Wrigley gem, Wicked Wolf, unveils summer cocktail menu
The Wicked Wolf, continually home to Wrigley's most impressive cocktail program, has become a neighborhood staple. And that development has been in a way...
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¡Toma!, taking over former Lupe’s space in Downtown Long Beach, aims for summer opening
Cheers for Downtown Long Bech: Toma (stylized ¡Toma!) will be opening its doors within the coming months inside the former Lupe's space.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 2024
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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Knead Donuts to open Signal Hill location; Chipotle to open soon in BK; 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.
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Baby Gee Bar and new summer menu reflect this Long Beach gem beyond the accolades
Baby Gee Bar has had many reasons to celebrate—they've been recognized not just once but twice by the coveted and prestigious Spirited Awards while co-owner and lead bar maestro Gianna Johns scored recognition from the respected Star Chefs earlier this year—but when it comes down to it, they're a Long Beach bar through and through.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Holey Grail to open June 1; Los Compadres to score patio; 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.
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Michael’s on Naples has one of the city’s strongest cocktail programs—so why do so few know about it?
Michael's on Naples has been known for many things, be it their long-held steel grip on regional Italian cuisine or their dive into creating a sustainable market or... But their cocktail program, headed by master mixologist Jocelyn Jolly, is certainly an underrated gem of a space that deserves constant praise (and yet receives so little).
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Broken Spirits Distillery will open its doors in Downtown Long Beach on May 31
After announcing their plans back in October of 2023, the group behind Orange County's wildly popular Smoke & Fire and Villains Brewing concepts are ready to unveil their distilling space, Broken Spirits Distillery. Taking over the former Portuguese Bend space in Downtown Long Beach, Broken Spirits has announced they will open May 31.
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FIRST LOOK: Inside Angel’s Share, Belmont Shore’s restaurant meets full-on whiskey lounge
Angel's Share—the newest restaurant that has already begun construction inside the former Tap House space in Belmont Shore—is a space that hopes to bring a little class to the Shore with a whiskey selection like no other, private chef dinners, memberships, and a setting that keeps it intimate.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Granada Deli & Liquor, Tap House, Kpasta close; Auld Dub turns 20; 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.
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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.
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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.
Events & Festivals
The Wicked Wolf celebrates (and fundraises for) National Park Week with curated cocktail menu
The Wicked Wolf in Long Beach has quickly become one of the most respected watering holes since opening just over one year ago—and with its consistent dedicated toward craft cocktails and cocktails, it is not shocker that beverage director Isaak Lusic has designed and curated a five-cocktail menu that honors the very spaces wolves actually roam, our national parks. As the country celebrates National Park Week, take a glance at this beautiful menu as well as an all-out celebration tonight, April 18.
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Five years in, Bamboo Club represents the pinnacle of tiki in Long Beach (new brunch menu included)
The Bamboo Club is unquestionably the epicenter of Long Beach’s love of tiki bars and drinks—and their newly minted brunch reflects just that.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: March 2024
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.
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Free shots, swag, secret tiki bartender: This Downtown Long Beach bar crawl explores all the right spots
A food group of 60,000 members and a five-destination Downtown Long Beach bar crawl. What could possibly go wrong?
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This free talk and zero-proof tasting will explore levels of sobriety in the Long Beach bar scene
The Long Beach Last Call tasting and discussion will explore what it means for a worker to be a part of an industry that is largely dedicated to serving alcohol and how that worker can not only practice various levels of sobriety should they feel they are slipping into darkness but healthily continue to work in the industry they love.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Oaxacan food, bundt cakes, closures, 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.
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El Barrio in Long Beach shares history with Mexican joints stretching back to 1950s
Yes, El Barrio took over the dive that was Ashley's, much to the cry of its patrons—but it's grown as a community staple and, even more, shares an interesting history with Mexican food.
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Long Beach Last Call celebration of bar industry continues through Mar. 10
From industry only events and parties aboard the Queen Mary to dive bar bingo and proper Irish coffee lessons, Long Beach Last Call will celebrate the bar culture in a way no event has.
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Essential cocktails to drink during Long Beach Last Call
We have a lot going for our inaugural Long Beach Last call celebration but it isn't, of course, just about the events. It's also about the incredible, for-this-event-only creations that some of our city's most talented mixologists have concocted that also deserve some spotlight.
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Marlena’s cocktail program marks return of one of Long Beach’s finest bartenders
Marlena bar manager David Castillo is essentially working with an entirely blank slate–but he wants to return to honoring the history of cocktails with his Long Beach Last Call menu.
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The Attic’s (underrated) cocktail program stands on par with its (still underrated) food in Long Beach
The Attic in Long Beach has been consistently evolving—but that effort has seen its largest transformation across the past few years. Its stellar cocktail program is no exception.
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Selva has one of the most culinary-focused cocktail programs in Long Beach
The intent behind Selva has always been simple: Reflect the food of Colombia. And in this sense, Chef Carlos Jurado knew that cocktails—which are distinctly culinary yet never receive that very spotlight—were essential in creating his space. This is where mixologist Mike Borowski comes in.
Culture & Commentary
The Ordinarie rediscovered this cocktail birthed in Long Beach 65 years ago
Not only participating in a Long Beach Food Scene meet-up and DTLB crawl, The Ordinarie has a Last Call menu that is an ode to the locals.
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Bamboo Club celebrates 5 years by calling on Long Beach bartenders for tiki cocktail competition
The Bamboo Club is unquestionably the epicenter of Long Beach's love of tiki bars and drinks—and it is hosting a cocktail competition to kick off its 5th birthday.
Culture & Commentary
New owners of Long Beach dive bar staple Crow’s want to make it, well, more Crow-y
To know Long Beach is to know its dive bars—and when it comes to the rich dive bar legends of Long Beach, few have the scope of status that is attached to Crow's. And its new owners want to return it to its 1990s divey glory.
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Viaje in Belmont Shore is home to Long Beach’s most underrated cocktail program
Viaje in Belmont Shore serves as one of the most underrated spaces when it comes to the growing cocktail game, with head bartender Tiquio Serratos exploring with Mexican spirits and ingredients that honor and uplift our neighbor to the south.
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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.
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Panxa Long Beach is home to the city’s largest agave spirits selection
For Long Beach Last Call, Panxa will be hosting an array of some of the finest agave-centric distilleries—Tequila Ocho, Siete Leguas, Mezcal Vago, Nosotros, and more—that will allow ticket holders to taste over 20 variations of agave spirits for $30 come Saturday, Mar. 2.
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How to celebrate National Margarita Day in Long Beach
It's National Margarita Day—but this list largely would have been impossible if it weren't for Jay Verdiales not only organizing the first Long Beach Margarita Week but inviting me as a judge. In that spirit, I picked ten of my own favorites—some from Long Beach Margarita Week, some not. In no particular order...
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Altar Society is part of a Downtown Long Beach rebirth—so they’re hosting a crawl to celebrate the other businesses joining them
Altar Society will be hosting a Long Beach Food Scene meet-up that will eventually become a crawl, hitting up ISM, The Stave, and ending at The Ordinarie come Mar. 8—all in celebration of Long Beach Last Call.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach’s best vinyl listening club to host-queer centric session with Madonna’s ‘Erotica’
Long Beach Last Call—the 10-day celebration of our bar culture—is partnering with the Good Luck Vinyl Club for a queer-centric event that will listen to Madonna's controversial 1992 masterpiece, "Erotica."
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This (free) Big Red Bus crawl will explore some of the best Long Beach dive bars
Long Beach’s love for dive bars is one that shouldn’t be messed with—and with that, there will be a free Big Red Bus ride that will explore some of our finest on Monday, Mar. 9 beginning at 3PM at Crow's in Naples, all in celebration of Long Beach Last Call.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Flamin’ Curry to open second location; Dirt Dog reopens; 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.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: February 2024
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.
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Port City Tavern’s literary-centric cocktail menu proves its one of Long Beach’s coolest bars
From "Catcher in the Rye" and "Curious George" to "Holes" and "The Hobbit," Port City Tavern's latest cocktail menu is an ode to literature.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach restaurants are testing the waters with late hours—but patrons need to stay up with them
Long Beach restaurants have long struggled with maintaining late hours, both pre- and post-COVID—and in a huge sense, it's the snake that eats itself: People consistently claim that they want places open later so a handful do but don't receive the patronage because it is presumed that, well, no one is open late.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: 4 Shore sign goes up in Naples; ISM launches brunch; 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.
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FIRST LOOK: Inside Broken Spirits Distillery, taking over Portuguese Bend in Long Beach
Broken Spirits Distillery's massive re-haul of Portuguese Bend will show off some definitive reminders of its previous tenants while also offering an entirely new space dedicated to the craft of master distiller Massimiliano “Max” Stecca.
Food & Drink
Long Beach, step into the very boozy, very tiki-y, very holiday-y world of Bamboo Club
For the 2023 holidays, Bamboo Club—Long Beach's staple tiki joint—is going all out with a holiday cocktail menu and decorations galore.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Unlimited booze event to benefit Garage Theatre; Beer Lab opens in Zaferia; 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
The Wicked Wolf’s classic cocktail menu lifts (and educates) the scene of Long Beach bars
Among Long Beach bars, The Wicked Wolf in Wrigley remains one of our best despite being one of our newest—and its Origins menu is proof of that.
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Bar Envie in Zaferia to close; Long Beach Beer Lab to take over
Bar Envie owner Geoff Rau has partnered with wife-and-husband, master baker-and-master brewer team Harmony and Levi Fried of the Long Beach Bread and Beer Labs to formally convert the space into a Beer Lab.
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Baby Gee unveils Halloween week menu (free jello shots included)
Like The Social List down the street, Baby Gee is entering into the Halloween spirit with a week-long celebration of goulash drinks'n'bites.
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OC legend Smoke & Fire to take over Portuguese Bend in Long Beach (and yes, they’re going to be distilling)
Shortly after it was announced Lupe's will be taken over by the owners of Padre and Mezcalero, the crew behind OC-based (and Long Beach-connected) Smoke & Fire will take over the Portuguese Bend distillery next door, giving a much-needed dose of energy to DTLB.
Food & Drink
Long Beach bar staple Baby Gee launches into happy hour (half-off bottles of vino and vegan dogs included)
One of Long Beach's best bars just started Happy Hour. Thank the Bar Gods.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Bartenders Guild closes a gap in the local hospitality industry that’s existed for too long
Yes, amid the tables lined with pours of various tequilas and mezcals from Nosotros—a tequileria and mezcaleria that has bases in both Jalisco and...
Events & Festivals
What to (unquestionably) drink at Taste of Downtown in Long Beach (and places to explore beyond that)
In partnership with the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA), Longbeachize is highlighting essential summer cocktails from some of Downtown’s finest, while previewing several cocktails that will also be available at DLBA’s upcoming Taste of Downtown event on Long Beach's waterfront.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Famed L’Antica pizzeria moves forward in the Shore; Nick the Greek opens July 25; 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.
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As Long Beach’s cocktail scene grows, why events like Tropical Shakedown become essential (and outright badass)
Tropical Shakedown—an event by the peeps at Long Beach Bartenders Guild and Don Papa distillery—is just one example of why our city's cocktail scene deserves to be uplifted.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 2023
Brian Addison's 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.
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FIRST LOOK: Baby Gee Bar in Long Beach unveils new cocktail menu (including the city’s best martini)
It is no surprise that Baby Gee Bar is a seasonal bar that uses seasonal ingredients—so their summer 2023 cocktail menu is an ode to California's farms while also expanding on their mocktail offerings.
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Essential Long Beach cocktail menus: 2023 Edition
Long Beach's cocktail and mocktail game has never been stronger, with bar managers and tenders creating a new era of hospitality and drinkability. Here are some of the best shining throughout the city.
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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.
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Just one week in, The Wicked Wolf bar is already connecting with surrounding community
Not even a month into business, the owners of The Wicked Wolf—Wrigley's newest watering hole—have already found multiple ways to connect with the surrounding area and businesses, be it through special community nights or with partnerships with nearby restaurants.
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Tucked into the back of a retail complex is East Long Beach’s best hidden bar (with quality vegan dim sum)
Morning Nights didn't open with flying colors—but with some refinement, a made-to-order mandate, and a mini-oasis tucked into the back corner of The Hangar, it is one of Long Beach's most underrated spaces.
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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.
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Your first look at Bar Envie, the NOLA-inspired concept from the crew behind Selva
The owners and chef behind Selva are off to their second food adventure—and it is another Zaferia restaurant that completely deviates from their previous restaurant.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: Feburary 2023
Brian Addison's 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.
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Famed music promoter and Snoop Dogg business partner Bobby Dee to overtake former Bird/Fern’s bar on 4th
Bobby Dee is a self-made legend in the Los Angeles music scene, becoming one of the region's most successful promoters while simultaneously avoiding stepping on the toes of Live Nation and AEG—and now, he's dipping into the Long Beach bar scene.
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Famed music promoter and Snoop Dogg business partner Bobby Dee to overtake former Bird/Fern’s bar on 4th
Bobby Dee is a self-made legend in the Los Angeles music scene, becoming one of the region's most successful promoters while simultaneously avoiding stepping on the toes of Live Nation and AEG—and now, he's dipping into the Long Beach bar scene.
Food & Drink
Portuguese Bend, Long Beach’s first distillery, abruptly closes storefront amid legal battle between owners
The city's first grain-to-glass distillery—a hallmark of the pre-pandemic food scene in DTLB—has taken a massive step back in its presence.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: La Creperie closes after 20 years, Alder & Sage opens for daytime service, more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city that isn't quite in need of a full feature but nonetheless worthy enough to let the community know about.
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Miracle at The Ordinarie returns to DTLB with more walk-in space, wall-to-wall decorations
After a non-stop, packed-to-the-brim celebration last year, The Ordinarie in DTLB is returning to its annual holiday takeover that is Miracle.
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With entirely new interior, Social List remains Retro Row’s neighborhood hangout
The Social List might be changing its outfit and altering its tastes, particularly when it comes to libations, but let's get one thing straight: The space is as welcomed a part of Retro Row as anything can be.
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Padre in Long Beach’s continued focus on pan-Latin American cuisine make it a gem for the food community
With Guadalajara-based Chef Manuel Buñuelos still overseeing the menu after formally starting his own project, Padre in Long Beach's menu continues to explore all aspects of Latin American food.
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Over four decades in, Legends Long Beach is the legend that brought the sports bar to America
Through technology advancement and disaster setbacks—a fire nearly destroyed its existence—Legends Long Beach in Belmont Shore was bringing the game and bar food to locals before such a thing was ever common.
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One of the city’s oldest watering holes—PBS Pub in Wrigley—lives on thanks to new owners
A living and breathing pub since 1950, PBS has been a Wrigley staple for multiple generations—and thanks to a new team of owners, it will live on past the pandemic with a grand opening this Friday.
Culture & Commentary
An ode to the queer bars of Long Beach’s Gayborhood—and every queer bar in the world
The holidays can be a convoluted emotional bag for those within the queer community—and this is a dedication and reminder that whether surrounded by love or still searching to find some form of it, our bars are more than just bars: They're our churches.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: December 2021
Brian Addison's 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.
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Long Beach to require proof of vaccination at bars, breweries, and more; follows County mandate
The City of Long Beach has largely mimicked a health mandate issued today by the County of Los Angeles that will require proof of vaccination at most social hubs, excluding restaurants.
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There’s a tiki bar hidden behind a wall at Rosemallows
Yes, there is indeed a hidden tiki bar inside Rosemallows—and it is awesome.
Culture & Commentary
Belmont Shore dive staple Acapulco Inn suddenly closes up shop after 60 years
Acapulco Inn, having initially opened its doors in Belmont Shore in 1955, is a Long Beach legend in terms of bars, sitting only behind two others—Joe Jost’s, which opened in 1924, and The Annex, which opened in 1952—as the oldest bar in Long Beach.
