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Food & Drink
Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2025: UPDATED
A continually updated list of Long Beach restaurants opening in 2025 from Brian Addison.
Food & Drink
The essential Long Beach pizza list
Our city's pizza game has never been stronger: From Neapolitan and Roman to Californian and American, Long Beach has a love for the pie that is finally rivaling our sister city to the north.
Food & Drink
The essential Long Beach burgers list
The humble and mighty burger is not just an American go-to but a worldwide staple. Here's your guide to the best Long Beach burgers.
Food & Drink
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.
Culture & Commentary
Food, culture, art, Long Beach: Top Longbeachize stories of 2024
2024 was a definitively wild year—and yes, that certainly includes craziness and joy here at Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
Long Beach restaurants open on Christmas Day for those that work, don’t celebrate, or just need a break
Many people can't connect on the holidays—be it due to work, inability to fly out or drive to family, or are simply exhausted. We got you covered with this list of Long Beach restaurants open on Christmas.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sura open on Mondays; Sonoratown and Recreational partner for latte; 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
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.
Food & Drink
Long Beach restaurants open on Thanksgiving for those who work, can’t make it happen in the kitchen, or just need a break
Long Beach restaurants open on Thanksgiving? Fear not: We have you covered with traditional and non-traditional options.
Food & Drink
Caffeinated’n’sweet: These Long Beach coffee shops and bakeries are open on Thanksgiving
Not all of us can do it at home—and that is why these Long Beach coffee shops and bakeries open on Thanksgiving Day save many from frustration.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
The dishes that define the Long Beach food scene
New and old, together, these dishes create the new definition of what Long Beach food is.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2024 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2024 Edition on Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
Long Beach pasta is having a beautifully carby renaissance—here are the essentials
The creation and serving of Long Beach pasta—created in-house by restaurants both new and old—is having a renaissance.
Events & Festivals
LB Food Scene Week continues through Aug. 18 with 60+ restaurants participating
Oh yes, Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024 is upon us come Aug. 9 through Aug. 18. The ten-day celebration of our city's food culture will feature...
Food & Drink
What to (unquestionably) eat during Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024
Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024 is upon us—and with it, here some personal favorites I suggest visiting if you have a hard time choosing from the 60+ restaurants participating.
Food & Drink
Essential Long Beach coffee shops
The Long Beach coffee scene is continually evolving and changing—and with that, let's explore the best of the best of that very scene.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
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...
Food & Drink
Essential dishes from Long Beach restaurants in 2023
Brian Addison and James Tir pair up for a collaborative list exploring 50 of their favorite dishes they ate across 2023.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2023 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2023 Edition on Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
Your essential guide to the taco stands of Long Beach—especially al pastor
With his first piece for Longbeachize, Derek Kozaites takes us on a journey through Long Beach's endlessly growing taco stand scene.
Food & Drink
Essential Long Beach pizza list: 2023 Edition
Our city's pizza game has never been stronger: From Neapolitan and Roman to Californian and American, Long Beach has a love for the pie that is finally rivaling our sister city to the north.
Food & Drink
Best Burgers in Long Beach: 2023 Edition
The humble and mighty burger is not just an American go-to but a worldwide staple, with seemingly endless iterations—and Long Beach is home to some of the best.
Events & Festivals
What to (unquestionably) eat and drink at the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls
Bixby Knolls has long been a place cherished by Long Beach locals—and it is about time that its growing food scene gets an event all its own. Hence, Taste of Bixby Knolls, invading the neighborhood come Oct. 16.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2022 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2022 Edition on Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
Essential Long Beach restaurants to kick off 2022
The past two years have been extraordinarily pressing on practically every facet of human life—and that includes our restaurant and hospitality community. The stories behind these restaurants are just as great as their food and they each deserve an uplift.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2021 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2021 Edition on Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2020 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2020 Edition on Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2019 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2019 Edition on Longbeachize.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2018 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2018 Edition.
Food & Drink
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2017 Edition
The first of Brian Addison's annual Underrated Restaurants in Long Beach list.
