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Food & Drink
Black-owned Mangiafoglie is a welcomed addition to a dwindling Long Beach vegan scene
Mangiafolie, Chef Paul Reese's first dive into the world of restaurants after running a vegan pizza popup, has officially opened its doors on 4th.
Culture & Commentary
‘It’s me and we, fam:’ How Black community leader Duke Givens became a rep for Long Beach’s relief efforts
Duke Givens, the Black community leader from Long Beach, has been dedicated to the regional relief efforts—starting in Altadena.
Food & Drink
SnoCorner Halloween beignets: The cutest spooky eats in Long Beach
Three words: SnoCorner Halloween beignets. Oh yes, Long Beach, our finest purveyor of New Orleans sweets has taken their locally famous beignets to the dark depths of utterly horrifying... Cuteness.
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.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
SnoCorner is Long Beach’s ultimate ode to the sweets of New Orleans
Snocorner—the bright, tricolorized snoball shop directly across from Poly High School—is one helluva ode to the sweet treats of New Orleans.
Events & Festivals
Anderson .Paak to perform DJ set at Juneteenth Long Beach celebration
Juneteenth Long Beach will be returning this year come Saturday, June 15 at Rainbow Lagoon Park in Downtown Long Beach—and it will be bringing DJ Pee Wee (aka Anderson .Paak) on board for a DJ set like no other.
Food & Drink
Black-owned and -operated Grilled Fraiche abruptly closes all locations—including Long Beach
Grilled Fraiche owner Peace Love has announced that Sunday, May 5 was the last day of operations for his much-loved Caribbean-meets-Californian set of restaurants—including its Long Beach location, one of the few spaces serving up Black food in a Black space.
Events & Festivals
The importance of the return of Organic Harvest Garden’s Black History Month farm dinner in Long Beach
Chef Rod Dodd, the man behind the tucked-under-a-freeway farm and garden space that is North Long Beach's Organic Harvest Gardens, is returning with his one of his most beloved and popular annual events: the Black History Month farm-to-table dinner, returning to the green space on Feb. 18.
Food & Drink
This North LB farm hosts magical dinners—and they’re about to become a monthly tradition
Chef Rod Dodd and his crew Organic Harvest Gardens have long embodied the spirit of community and food-as-a-connector—and the chef wants to extend that spirit as he invites more and more people to his humble plot for a trip to gastronomical church.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The cringey and strange tale of how Lucille’s Smokehouse created a fictitious Black woman for their brand
In a move that echoes the controversy surrounding Quaker Oats's creation of Aunt Jemima, Lucille's proudly admitted to creating Lucille Buchanan, a fictitious Black woman from South Carolina which inspired their barbecue. Come the BLM protests of 2020, the restaurant removed the entire story without a word.
Food & Drink
Leimert Park legend Ackee Bamboo Jamaican Cuisine hopes to open Long Beach location in May
Ackee Bamboo, one of the region's most respected Jamaican cuisine destinations, is a welcomed addition to a city that severely lacks food from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.
Culture & Commentary
The Afro-Latino roots of L.A. is a history we should all know in light of racist comments from Latino leaders
Perturbing conversations between four Latino political leaders of Los Angeles—unveiling vile, racist comments that targets Black and Indigenous populations—are but a reminder that L.A.'s history has deep roots with Afro-Latinos.
Food & Drink
From curry goat to Haitian carnitas, Cheri’s hopes to make Caribbean food in Long Beach a staple
After the closure of Callaloo on Anaheim, the need for Caribbean cuisine representation has been felt for years—and Cheri's hopes to change just that.
Culture & Commentary
Tucked under a freeway in North Long Beach sits Organic Harvest Gardens, a Black-owned farm trying to better the world through harvesting
Chef Rod Dodd has been a steward of both the Black community regionally and the Long Beach food scene—and his mission to better the world through harvesting, education, and love has never changed.
Culture & Commentary
‘Cannibalization of the Black community:’ Residents voice concerns as historic Black core faces divvying via redistricting
While much of the redistricting conversation has revolved around the Cambodian leadership push to unify its own, many Black residents—hindered by a lack of communication and access to information—feel they are being pushed out of a conversation that affects them the most adversely.
Culture & Commentary
Stop calling your food ‘Nashville hot’ when it’s not—because there’s history there
The first time I ever had Kim Prince’s Nashville hot chicken—she’s the niece of André Prince Jeffries, the matriarch behind Nashville’s iconic, James Beard...
