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Long Beach History
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
Crystal Thai Cambodian is Long Beach’s Cambodian home kitchen
Crystal Thai Cambodian—the tiny dining space at 10th and Orange in Central Long Beach, just south of the formal border of Cambodia Town—has been serving the Cambodian and Long Beach communities for over 15 years.
Food & Drink
20 years in, Auld Dubliner is an immigrant’s social and spacial sonnet to both Long Beach and Ireland
With an immigrant's love (and longing) for their home, Long Beach was introduced to the Irish pub in a way that few cities have the privilege of experiencing.
Food & Drink
A farewell to Congregation Ale House—and a history of Long Beach’s long support of independent beer
Congregation Ale House, Downtown Long Beach's staple independent beer pourer and pub, is officially no longer.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The municipal auditorium that hosted everyone from Judy Garland to Elvis Presley
The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium was 8,000-person exhibit hall that would host everyone from Elvis Presley to Judy Garland.
Urbanism & Development
Stoner Residence: Nonprofit urges Long Beach residents to save a Naples mid-mod masterpiece
It is dubbed the Stoner Residence, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Ray Kappe. And the conservationist nonprofit Docomomo—using its Southern California chapter—is leading a charge to save the space from demolition.
Culture & Commentary
Snoop Dogg—after years of teasing—announces Dr. Dre-produced ‘Doggystyle’ homage album, ‘Missionary’
Snoop Dogg has been teasing "Missionary"—the Dr. Dre-produced album that is meant to be an homage to Snoop's 1993 masterpiece and debut, "Doggystyle"—for years....
Urbanism & Development
Historic 115 Pine Ave. building in Downtown Long Beach to be converted to housing
The iconic, 1906 French Renaissance Revival gem that is the Enloe Building at 115 Pine Ave. is set to be converted to 70 housing...
