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Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach’s Bamboo Club updates menu, introduces new cocktails
With new chef Joe Herrera and bar manager Devyn Langenheim, Bamboo Club has revamped its menu for the better.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: May 2026
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
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The OG Taco Tuesday: Sura collabs with Sonoratown to honor legacy status
Celebrating their legacy status, Sura's Taco Tuesday is back for one day—Tuesday, May 19—with Sonoratown tortillas as its base.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Tanuki moving to LBX; Khan’s Mongolian BBQ opens; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
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FIRST LOOK: Chef Carlos Jurado’s carby cosmos of Latin American pasta at Selva
Chef Carlos Jurado of Selva is one of the city's hardest-working chefs. And his upcoming pasta night, Fuego Lento, is proof of that.
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Long Beach’s Selva to host collab dinner with hyped Burmese-Texan BBQ joint Joplin’s
Selva's is partnering with hyped Ojai space Joplin's for an upcoming collaboration dinner on Thursday, April 30.
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Panxa’s new chef, Richie Ramirez, unveils his first formal menu—and the space’s future
Panxa's new chef, Richie Ramirez, has unveiled his first formal menu, melding the worlds of Panxa classics with Levantine, Mexican, and Californian flare.
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East Long Beach’s Luna unveils brunch menu, open daily at 9AM
Luna Bistro & Cafe in Long Beach has unveiled its first brunch menu—and is now open 9AM seven days a week.
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Selva and Got Your Back’s collab dinner proves the fruitfulness of Long Beach’s partnerships
Selva and Got Your Back had a formal collaboration dinner. It was beyond the residency the pop-up has every Monday and Tuesday at Selva's...
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: March 2026
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
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Burd Chicken Rice—the Cambodian-owned fast casual space—was always destined for Long Beach
Burd Chicken Rice, the Cambodian-owned fast casual space, was always destined for Long Beach.
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Jade on the Water in Long Beach to close on Mar. 23
Jade on the Water owner Rod Frontino confirmed that the restaurant would permanently close on Monday, Mar. 23.
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Bar Becky x Loquat Oysters collab proves they’re among Long Beach’s best
Bar Becky and Loquat Oyster's recent collaboration for Long Beach Last Call proved they are among the best.
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Cambodian-owned Burd Chicken Rice to open first Long Beach space on Mar. 15
Burd Chicken Rice, launched by Dee Meas, a Cambodia-born entrepreneur and former real estate professional in West Covina, will come to Long Beach.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: January 2026
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
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The marvelous (albeit momentary) return of Chef Melissa Ortiz to Long Beach
Ah, the return of Chef Melissa Ortiz to Long Beach. On the surface, it's a collaboration pop-up—but it is much, much more culinarily.
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Bamboo Club’s $10 and under all-day-every-day menu is for those already tired of 2026
The Bamboo Club kicks off 2026 with a $10 and under menu that is offered all day, every day—with both food and drinks.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: I Luv Ur Buns closing; Panama International Kitchen opens; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
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Always taste the special menu at the annual Sushi Nikkei anniversary in Belmont Shore
Sushi Nikkei's anniversary was celebrated for the third time in Belmont Shore, with Chef Eduardo Chang Ogata and wife Daiwa Wong offering patrons a menu that heavily diverged from the space's staple sushi offerings
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: December 2025
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
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With first major update in years, Peruvian staple Sushi Nikkei continues to shine
In its first formal, major update since opening, Sushi Nikkei is debuting an array of new items.
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Taking over former James Republic space, Salt & Grove hopes to stir up Downtown Long Beach nostalgia
Salt & Grove, the newly minted restaurant inside the Courtyard Marriott in Downtown Long Beach, sits in a culinary space burned into the collective memory of Long Beach.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: October 2025
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
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Got Your Back extends residency at Selva, creating one of Long Beach’s most unique dining experiences
Got Your Back is stepping away from the backyard and toward the house of Selva every Monday and Tuesday with an all-out dinner offering that allows them to flex in ways they haven't been able to.
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Panxa takes on new chef—and wants to introduce him to Long Beach
After a decade of celebrating the food of the much-missed Chef Arthur Gonzalez, Panxa is now looking to a new leader in the kitchen with the hiring of Chef Richi Ramirez.
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The Social List in Long Beach unveils two-week-only Oktoberfest menu
4th Street staple The Social List—before diving straight into its upcoming Halloween takeover as it did last year—is taking on Oktoberfest.
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Beloved pop-up Terrible Burger churns out surprises with Midnight Oil residency
Terrible Burger, the pop-up from Long Beach couple Nicole and Ryan Ramirez, now has a Tuesday residency at Midnight Oil with everything from fries to wings.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Crumbl to open Aug. 22; owners of Broken Spirits to open new concept; more
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Favorite Things I’m Eating: Long Beach Food Scene Week 2025 Edition
Given we just ended the 10-day celebration that was Long Beach Food Scene Week 2025, I wanted to share dishes that I found particularly incredible.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: July 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.
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With Second Owl, the Owl Owl team takes Thai and Lao food to innovative heights
For Chef Regan Chantrirak—who, with his wife Pason, opened The Second Owl in Belmont Shore—the journey to what he feels is a "proper space to experience the food of our cultures" isn't just a story of evolution.
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Immigrant-owned LaMon Bakehouse wants to meld European and Filipino flavors with Long Beach style
For Monica Recio, the owner of the petite (but with punch) LaMon Bakehouse on Broadway near Temple Avenue, baking began long before she ever stepped into a professional kitchen.
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El Barrio Cantina updates menu, leaning into folding influences into Mexican cuisine (including sushi rolls)
Continuing to meld the worlds he that influence him, Chef Ulises Pineda-Alfaro pushes El Barrio Cantina into the future.
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Stuffed between two bars in West Long Beach, Black Pork is a multi-cultural food gem
Black Pork owners Veronica Lopez and Luis Mendiola have created a West Long Beach food space unlike any other.
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Loquat Oysters at the Bixby Park Farmers Market serves up Long Beach’s best oysters
Tucked into the weekly Bixby Knolls Farmers Market on Saturdays, Loquat Oysters serves up Long Beach's finest array of bivalves.
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Long Beach staple Chinitos returns—moving beyond the tacos and aiming for the proper, OG lunch plates
Chinitos has officially returned—but it comes without the tacos that came to define it and instead, offers "OG" lunch plates.
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Long Beach’s most beloved tiki bar, Bamboo Club, continues to evolve
If there’s one space that embodies Long Beach’s long-standing flirtation with tiki culture, it’s The Bamboo Club. Full stop.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Canadian Pizza opens second location; first look at Beasties; 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
‘I was born out of Food Network and Mexico:’ Luna fuses continental flavors in a score for East Long Beach
Luna Long Beach, the Mexican-fusion restaurant that has officially opened in Bixby Village Plaza with one helluva story.
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The Long Beach origins of the terribly awesome Terrible Burger
Terrible Burger, the genre-bending burger popup from Long Beach residents Nicole and Ryan Ramirez, is all about community, compassion, and collaboration.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Olive & Rose shutters bagel concept; Lazy Dough previews; 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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Union at Compound—one of Long Beach’s most unique spaces—expands into lunch
Chef Eugene Santiago—the founder of the Southeast Asian fusion pop-up Baryo and the head honcho at Union at Compound—has taken on the lunch hour at his restaurant-inside-an-art-gallery.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: March 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Chinitos Tacos—the Cambodian-Mexican fusion joint that helped define Long Beach food—to close Mar. 31
Chinitos Tacos—Chef Beeline Krouch's scene-defining taqueria where Cambodian flavors melded with the traditions of the mighty taco—will host its last day of service on Mar. 31.
Long Beach Food Scene
Taco Death Match 2024: Meet the ‘Cambodian Competition,’ Long Beach
Taco Death Match 2024 is upon us, Long Beach. Ten taqueros and chefs from Long Beach and L.A. battling in the ultimate competition focused on SoCal's favorite food.
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I Luv Ur Buns, the queer women-owned, Cambodian-led steam bun joint, is celebrating its first year in Long Beach
I Luv Ur Buns, just settling into its brick-and-mortar, celebrates its first year serving up fusion-influenced bao buns by the hour.
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The Panxa Hatch chile roast tradition returns this weekend (Speak Cheezy pizza collab included)
The Panxa Hatch Chile Roast Festival—an annual tradition started by Chef Art Gonzalez and his wife, current owner Vanessa Auclair—returns this weekend, Sept. 14 and 15.
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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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: South of Nick’s moves forward in Belmont Shore; more coffeeshops opening; 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: May 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.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach BBQ Festival:Â Full Send BBQ is a veteran’s salute to his Filipino family and heritage
As the second annual Long Beach BBQ Festival approaches its day of taking over Shoreline Aquatic Park on May 25, Longbeachize and Brian Addison have partnered with the festival to highlight some the local talent being featured at the festival. Today, we feature Full Send BBQ, a veteran-owned barbecue popup that is flush with love, uplifting our country in a time when few do, and honoring Filipino heritage.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: April 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Sushi Nikkei’s anniversary in Belmont Shore expresses such an essential part of Long Beach’s food story
The story of Sushi Nikkei is the story of not just one individual but of many: People brought to a space that wasn't their own and learning acceptance—and it is why the Michelin-recognized food of Sushi Nikkei is such an important cog of the Long Beach food scene, particularly when it comes to celebrating the first anniversary of its second location in Belmont Shore.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: October 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
OC-based Chicken University opens its first location in Bixby Knolls
Opening its first location in Fullerton in 2017, Chicken University became an instantaneous hit, garnering over 100,000 followers on Instagram and constant lines of students seeking decadent fried fusion offerings.
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Genkiyaki—the much-loved fusion teriyaki house in Lakewood—closes after 14 years of service
The Asian-fusion joint brought hype food to the masses long before hype food dominated social media—and will be closing after nearly 15 years of service to Lakewood.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: March 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: January 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: July 2022
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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Tucked into a DTLB food court sits an Asian fusion joint serving sous-vide chicken and beef Wellington. (Yes, beef Wellington.)
Hidden inside this tiny restaurant lies Long Beach's best beef wellington.
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The glorious, anti-bar bar food Chef Melissa Ortiz offers at Long Beach’s Bamboo Club
Chef Melissa Ortiz has done what many consider impossible at Bamboo Club: redfined bar food while bringing people from LA.
