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Food & Drink
¡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.
Urbanism & Development
Alexan West End, Long Beach’s 600-unit residential project, breaks ground
Construction crews have officially begun digging the foundation for the first part of the Alexan West End, the largest residential development proposed for Long Beach.
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.
Urbanism & Development
Inflatable water playgrounds to open in Long Beach waters come June 14
It is officially an annual tradition: The inflatable water playgrounds—known as Wibits—will yet again return to Alamitos Beach and Bayshore Avenue for kids and adults alike to climb, slide, and jump off of come June 14.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ficklewood up for sale; District Wine celebrates 14 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
Queens on the Queen: Jewels Long Beach brings The Queen Mary its first formal drag show
Jewels Long Beach has never been one to shy away from a challenge: Surely, she's hosted gigs aboard The Queen Mary and surely, she has hosted many a drag shows at clubs, dives, and various dark alleys across Long Beach. But one thing she hasn't done is a formal drag show on the biggest queen in town—and that is all about to change when she hosts the aptly named Queens on the Queen drag show come Monday, June 10 at 6PM.
Food & Drink
Gardena fave Borjstar Shawarma Shop to open in Downtown—officially marking the Long Beach shawarma wars
In a former world where Open Sesame and Gypsy were the dominant owners of the shawarma game in Long Beach, Hague (yes, the Netherlands)-based Borjstar Shawarma Shop—set to take over the form Utopia space in the East Village Arts District— a new influx of Levantine and Mediterranean inspired joints have hit the scene and, in all frankness, altered it in ways that are only for the better.
