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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: LUNA opens on Eastside; La Casa de Iris to open brick-and-mortar; 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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With lunch now open, Olive & Rose continues to reflect Chef Philip Pretty’s most soulful food
Olive & Rose is Chef Philip Pretty's most soulful endeavor—and his new lunch deeply reflects that. This isn't to say it lacks the quality...
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Ammatoli proves it’s one of the region’s best with its bold, bodacious brunch
An Ammatoli brunch easily solidifies why it is one of the city's most acclaimed restaurants.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: A chopped cheese shop finally opens; Ono Hawaiian BBQ coming; 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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Long Beach’s Roe revamps cocktail menu—and it’s their best to date
With bar manager Emilee Comeau, Long Beach's Roe is ready to showcase its evolution in cocktails.
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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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Expanding into L.A., Long Beach’s Cali Chilli continues to showcase contemporary Indian cuisine
Cali Chilli has not only been continually updating its menu since opening in 2022 but but continues to define (and defy) the idea of what Indian food can be in Long Beach.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Due Fiori to open Mar. 26; multiple other openings; 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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ISM Brewing’s burger menu is popular for a reason, Long Beach
ISM Brewing's burger menu is a hit—and there's plenty of juicy, cheesy reasons as to why.
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Noble Rotisserie wants to expand its Long Beach patronage—and it deserves to succeed
Noble Rotisserie—the Long Beach restaurant who actually owns its moniker given its noble mission—has had its hand in nearly every part of the community.
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Long Beach’s The Attic is a prime example of business evolution—its cocktail program included
There is no way to discuss The Attic without discussing evolution—and that means both its food and cocktails.
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One year in, Broken Spirits continues to evolve as it centers its Long Beach presence
As we push toward celebrating Long Beach Last Call 2025—a 10-day, multi-event celebration of our city’s rich bar culture and the people who make...
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Michael’s on Naples proudly offers one of Long Beach’s strongest wine and cocktail programs
Michael's on Naples is a libation lover's paradise—which is why the restaurant will host a spectacular, five-wine tasting for Long Beach Last Call 2025 and Jolly will serve up two special cocktails.
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The Stache continues its evolution as Long Beach’s most distinct kinda-specialty-still-divey spaces
The Stache Bar on 4th Street has long been a staple—but it is also kind of forgotten as to why it has been a staple in the first place. They're changing that.
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Hennessy is a cultural cog for many Long Beach communities. This tasting will explore its history.
For Long Beach Last Call 2025, Downtown Long Beach's Chez Bacchus will hosting a Hennessy tasting event.
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Marlena continues to be Long Beach’s history teacher in cocktails
Marlena bar manager David Castillo has always been, at his core, a history teacher. His menu for Long Beach Last Call is no exception.
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Long Beach’s proper Irish pub wants to teach you how to make a proper Irish coffee
The Auld Dubliner will be hosting an Irish coffee class for Long Beach Last Call 2025.
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The Wicked Wolf pushes itself as Long Beach’s most underrated drinking spot
For those that know The Wicked Wolf, they know two things: its cocktails are fabulous and its leading lady, Thea Mercouffer.
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Wood & Salt Tavern continues to be the epicenter of the cocktail culture in Bixby Knolls
In a neighborhood bereft of proper bars, Wood & Salt and its beverage director, Gabriel Ducharme, are leading the neighborhood into what sophisticated, elevated drink programs look like.
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Long Beach Last Call 2025 continues to celebrate bar industry with events, menus
Long Beach Last Call 2025 will return March 1 and run through March 10 with a series of events on each day that celebrates the city’s rich bar culture, community, and its workers.
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Long Beach wine bar Buvons develops restaurant space—starting with a stellar coffee popup
Alicia Kemper, the owner of Buvons Natural Wine Bar & Shop, has set her eyes on expansion. While she has constantly flexed her love...
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Hartland’s—with some of Long Beach’s best views—opens for late lunch and dinner
Hartland's dinner and late lunch menu will kick off next Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the 1900 Ocean building.
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Your chance to experience the traditional Peruvian side of Sushi Nikkei comes to Bixby Knolls
With each anniversary menu, Sushi Nikkei favors dishes that don’t fit with its normal operating menu—but are definitively Peruvian.
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Long Beach’s Sura Korean BBQ rings in Lunar New Year with new chef—and a bit of elevation
Tteok mandu guk. Tofu beullok. Busan mackerel. Yukhoe with crispy rice. These are some of the new additions at Sura Korean BBQ & Tofu...
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The Attic’s fully revamped menu proves the restaurant—once again—wants to shift the Long Beach food scene
The Attic—for the first time in three years—has revamped its entire menu head-to-toe. And with that, brings some of Long Beach's most exciting food in a world where comfort-seeking and familiarity rule the day.
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With newly minted liquor license, Long Beach’s Chez Bacchus is complete
Chez Bacchus—one of the few white-cloth dining spaces in Downtown Long Beach—has unveiled its first cocktail menu.
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Ellie’s new lunch prix fixe menu lets you eat a three-course dinner for lunch prices
Ellie's newly minted lunch prix fixe menu is one of the many ways the Alamitos Beach staple is trying to better cater to all aspects of its community.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sugar Taco closes; Recreational Coffee introduces booze, late hours; 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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Angel’s Share in Belmont Shore pivots and adapts: ‘We want to be a part of the community’
Angel's Share owner Jack Walls is understanding that adapting and pivoting are essential parts of the long-term game.
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Northern Cafe Long Beach expands menu (including dim sum seven days a week)
Northern Cafe Long Beach opened with a menu that shocked fans of the SoCal staple. And it shocked patrons because it was minimal. A...
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Colossus expanding; Candy Warehouse closing; 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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Port City Tavern unveils holiday menu—including the espresso martini tree (yes, you read that right)
When it comes to the holidays—be it Halloween or Oktoberfest or Christmas—Port City Tavern is there for both the neighborhood and its patrons.
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Miracle on 4th Street: Baby Gee brings the snow and holiday cocktails
Baby Gee is bringing a flurry of snow on the hour daily and a slew of wintertime cheer inside with its onslaught of wondrous winter decorations.
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The Attic happily skips the warm in favor of the bright for holiday cocktail menu
The Attic on Broadway has unveiled its holiday cocktail menu, joining the wonderful plethora of spaces that are partaking in creating holiday menus.
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The Stache Bar’s holiday joy continues as it goes from Halloween to Krampus
The Stache Bar holiday dive into the world of Krampus, Disneyland's The Haunted Mansion, old-school Americana Christmas, and a totally new attitude when it comes to cocktails has officially arrived.
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The Social List decks the halls with holiday cocktail menu, winter updates
The Social List has unveiled its 2024 holiday cocktail menu as well as a handful of winter food items that continue to mark Long Beach as the holiday bar Mecca that it deserves to be.
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Long Beach’s tiki haven, Bamboo Club, returns with its annual tinsel-ed up, boozed out holiday celebration
New mugs, who this? Bamboo Club—Long Beach's tiki king for half a decade—has returned with its annual Tinsel Club tradition.
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Baby Gee Bar’s winter menu proves—again—it is one of the region’s most innovative cocktail concocters
Baby Gee Bar's newly minted winter menu—a giddily gleeful, 15-cocktail celebration—continues its consistency in excellence and execution.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Many more closures; Hartland’s scores alcohol license; 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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Miracle at The Ordinarie returns to Downtown Long Beach with new drinks (Christmasaurus mug included)
Miracle at The Ordinarie has officially returned to Downtown Long Beach, bringing SanTaRex, Christmasaurus, Krampus, lights, booze, and plenty of holiday cheer.
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Sonoratown to bring their cantina menu to Long Beach location—and that means nachos and elote
Sonoratown Long Beach is about to look a lot like Sonoratown Mid-City—nachos and elote happily included on the menu.
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The Sky Room at the Fairmont Breakers is officially taking reservations; here’s the inaugural menu
The famed Sky Room—the top-floor restaurant that has existed in DTLB since 1946—is accepting reservations on Open Table.
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This tasting event at Panxa will offer tacos and unlimited tastings of agave spirits (on the cheap)
"A Taste of Mexico" at Panxa comes with unlimited spirits tastings, tacos, music, and good vibes on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 6PM ot 9PM.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sonoratown open 7 days a week; Miracle at The Ordinarie coming; 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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Cameron Slaugh proves he is Long Beach’s most underrated chef with The Attic’s ‘Southern Nights’ dinners
Chef Cameron Slaugh's "Southern Night" prix fixe dinners every Friday and Saturday evening prove he continues to be the city's most underrated chef.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Chef Melissa Ramsay leaves Angel’s share; 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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Altar Society breakfast: Brewery blends bubbles, Bloody Marys, and breakfast burritos
An Altar Society breakfast, you say? Yessiree: breakfast sandwiches, pizzas, burritos, and plenty of bubbles, beers, and Bloody Marys to wrap a nice liquid blanket around those day drinkers.
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Port City Tavern joins the spooktacularly stellar lineup of Long Beach Halloween cocktail menus
Port City Tavern has a whimsical, spooky array of Halloween cocktail offerings and skull-tacular decorations.
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El Barrio tackles pricey food directly with ‘recession lunch’ items: ‘It’s what the community needs’
El Barrio's new happy hour menu includes tons of items under $10 and nearly every single hearty dish being under $15. And for a space with parking across the street, it is a gem for Long Beach in more ways than one.
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Stache Bar’s horror movie-inspired cocktail menu marks a return to form
Stache Bar, 4th Street's much beloved dive-meets-high-end-spirits space, helped introduce Long Beach to good liquor. And now, they return with their first formal cocktail menu in a while.
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The $100 bagel and $85 calzone: Redefining (and questioning) luxury food in Long Beach
Yes, in Long Beach in 2024, there exists a $100 bagel at Olive & Rose and a calzone at Marlena costing you $85.
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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.
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ISM Brewing and the return of pub food: Scotch, pickled, and deviled egg offerings rock
Pickled. Scotch. Deviled. Deviled Scotch. Eggs galore for ISM Brewing's awesome new menu items.
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This Long Beach whiskey dinner sends you home with a bottle of single-barrel bourbon
A Long Beach whiskey dinner that lets you walk away with your own bottle of proprietary, single-barrel Woodford Reserve? Oh yes.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Mangette closes; Fluffy’s Sno-Ball owner dies; 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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From Krampus to Morticia Addams: The Social List’s devilishly delicious Halloween cocktail menu
The Social List has always had stellar cocktails. And their 2024 Halloween menu—expanded from six cocktails last year to 10 this year—continues to reflect that standard.
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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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Chef Carlos Jurado of Selva Long Beach uplifts Colombian food in a way no one else does
Selva Long Beach is certainly one of the city's best restaurants—and it is due to Chef Carlos's choice to expand his culinary horizons.
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Long Beach’s Bamboo Club digs Halloween cocktail menu The Tremble Club from the grave
Long Beach's Bamboo Club transforms into "The Tremble Club" for Halloween.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Padre/Mezcalero wage theft controversy; LB Latino Restaurant Week launches; 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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‘Tea Time Wolf’ cements Wicked Wolf as one of Long Beach’s most zero proof-friendly spaces
'Tea Time Wolf' seamlessly converts The Wicked Wolf into a 21-and-over-only, daytime tea house and café.
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Chef Jason Witzl is back, Long Beach—and takes Ellie’s to a full return to form
Chef Jason Witzl of Ellie's has had one helluva 2024—and his new menu at Ellie's proves that it's only getting better.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: North LB to have new brunch spot; Ají broken into; 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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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: Baby Gee owners to open trattoria concept; rooftop of Breakers update; 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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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.
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Roadkill Long Beach is a hidden country bar in Rosemallows—red Solo cups and all
Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee—or more like Downtown—Roadkill Long Beach is a hidden country bar inside Rosemallows.
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A decade in showcasing neighborhood comfort, The Social List brings back Havana Nights and love
The Social List is coming in on its tenth birthday and has seen a seemingly endless amounts of varying menus while building up a legion that—unlike many other other restaurants—visits multiple times a month.
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Lola’s Mexican Cuisine is using mole as an annual tradition for the Long Beach food scene
At first, Lola's Mexican Cuisine brought the famed mole Oaxaqueño from Chef Susana Trilling straight home. And this year, Chef Luis Navarro is reintroducing his elusive but beautiful mole rosa for the annual celebration that is Long Beach Food Scene Week.
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FIRST LOOK: Inside Beachwood Distilling’s cocktail and food program in Bixby Knolls
Beachwood Distilling in Bixby Knolls is finally prepared to show off its spirited efforts toward craft cocktail creation.
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Speak Cheezy’s love letter to Hawaiian shave ice is your new favorite Long Beach sweet
Chef Jason Winters of Speak Cheezy has done something he has long wanted to do: Offer Long Beach its best and only version of the famed Hawaiian shave ice.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Royal Indian Curry House finds new home in DTLB; new coffee joint coming to Wrigley; 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sonoratown moves forward; Flamin’ Curry opens second location; 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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The 4th Horseman’s expansion in Downtown Long Beach cements it as one of our most distinct pizzerias
The world of Long Beach pizza is vast and fiercely competitive. Amid the stretching and proofing and topping, The 4th Horseman has managed to stand out as a horrorcore ode to the mightily humble pie.
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The Ordinarie continues its dedication to Americana culture with its brightest, most comforting menu yet
The Ordinarie has long been one of the staples of The Promenade in Downtown Long Beach—and its newest menu reflects that dedication to high quality and great aura.
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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.
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Praise the masa gods: Lola’s in Long Beach introduces new brunch, new tortillas
Lola's in Long Beach—longtime champion of comida Mexicana since opening in Retro Row over 15 years ago—has quietly introduced a newly, locally-sourced tortilla for the first time while launching into the newest iteration of their brunch menu.
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Bar Becky—one of Long Beach’s best new restaurants—takes vegetarian love to new level with farmers market series
Bar Becky in East Long Beach—the debut restaurant of Hell's Kitchen alumni Chef Johnathan Benvenuti—is one of the city's best new restaurants. And the...
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Nonna Mercato debuts dinner service, offering up one of Long Beach’s best prix fixe menus
Nonna Mercato—the bistro-meets-bakery-meets market of Bixby Knolls—has long been serving up some of the city's finest baked goods and pastas. With Chef Cameron Slaugh at the helm, they formally dive into dinner service.
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Cal Heights gem EA Seafood to bring Long Beach its first formal dim sum menu
EA Seafood is the Cantonese gem of Cal Heights that has garnered a loyal and steady patronage—and with that trust, the space is formally moving into dim sum.
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Long Beach’s Wrigley gem, Wicked Wolf, unveils summer cocktail menu
The Wicked Wolf, continually home to Wrigley's most impressive cocktail program, has become a neighborhood staple. And that development has been in a way...
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Baby Gee Bar and new summer menu reflect this Long Beach gem beyond the accolades
Baby Gee Bar has had many reasons to celebrate—they've been recognized not just once but twice by the coveted and prestigious Spirited Awards while co-owner and lead bar maestro Gianna Johns scored recognition from the respected Star Chefs earlier this year—but when it comes down to it, they're a Long Beach bar through and through.
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Sura Korean BBQ’s table top grills are the tangible expression of a long held dream
Sura Korean BBQ has long been the steward of Korean cuisine in Long Beach, largely responsible for not only introducing residents and visitors alike...
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ISM Brewing launches ‘tacotarian’ menu with massive, over-the-top tacos diverting from the basics
ISM Brewing certainly offers some of the city's best beers—beautifully brewed, consistently clean, downright down-able—but its underrated food (which is shockingly affordable) deserves an uplift, especially its newly minted "Tacotarian" menu that features hefty, hulky iterations of the Mexican dish that are refreshingly different from pretty much anything in the city.
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The Wicked Wolf celebrates (and fundraises for) National Park Week with curated cocktail menu
The Wicked Wolf in Long Beach has quickly become one of the most respected watering holes since opening just over one year ago—and with its consistent dedicated toward craft cocktails and cocktails, it is not shocker that beverage director Isaak Lusic has designed and curated a five-cocktail menu that honors the very spaces wolves actually roam, our national parks. As the country celebrates National Park Week, take a glance at this beautiful menu as well as an all-out celebration tonight, April 18.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Maru Maki closes; Small Cafe reopens today under new owners; 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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Selva’s candlelit ‘test kitchen’ dinners flex the muscles of Chef Carlos Jurado
Selva has long harnessed its Colombian sensibility when it comes to food, but Chef Carlos Jurado wants to not just challenge himself but Long Beach.
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Five years in, Bamboo Club represents the pinnacle of tiki in Long Beach (new brunch menu included)
The Bamboo Club is unquestionably the epicenter of Long Beach’s love of tiki bars and drinks—and their newly minted brunch reflects just that.
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The Ordinarie rediscovered this cocktail birthed in Long Beach 65 years ago
Not only participating in a Long Beach Food Scene meet-up and DTLB crawl, The Ordinarie has a Last Call menu that is an ode to the locals.
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Michael’s on Naples breaks cardinal rule and goes full Italian-American
At Michael's, as has always been the case, one will not find plates of chicken or eggplant parmigiana. That's changed—at least on Tuesdays, when the Italian staple goes full-on Italian-American with their "Brooklyn Nights" offerings.
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Panxa Long Beach is home to the city’s largest agave spirits selection
For Long Beach Last Call, Panxa will be hosting an array of some of the finest agave-centric distilleries—Tequila Ocho, Siete Leguas, Mezcal Vago, Nosotros, and more—that will allow ticket holders to taste over 20 variations of agave spirits for $30 come Saturday, Mar. 2.
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Speak Cheezy’s kinda-New Haven, sorta-cold cheese pie is one of the best in the Long Beach pizza scene
In what is undoubtedly a renaissance within the Long Beach pizza scene, Chef Jason Winters has created the thin-crust, cheese pizza of our dreams at Speak Cheezy.
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Long Beach’s ReMix Kitchen Bar to partner with ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ runner-up Chef Benvenuti in hopes to permanently rebrand space
ReMix Kitchen Bar, the fusion cuisine space at Long Beach Exchange, is looking to do a massive rebrand that will hopefully become permanent: Bringing...
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Port City Tavern’s literary-centric cocktail menu proves its one of Long Beach’s coolest bars
From "Catcher in the Rye" and "Curious George" to "Holes" and "The Hobbit," Port City Tavern's latest cocktail menu is an ode to literature.
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Long Beach late night food scene: The Ordinarie creates an ode to post-partying munchies
Still recovering from the absurdity that is Miracle—where bartenders and kitchen staff saw records being broken nearly weekly in sales—The Ordinarie Executive Chef Nick DiEugenio and his kitchen have created a late night bites menu that is nothing short of an ode to the post-partying munchies.
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Miss Beachwood Brewing in Downtown Long Beach? Don’t skip out on their Huntington Beach pizzeria
Yes, there is a certain lament at the loss of Beachwood Brewing in Downtown Long Beach—but that has been more than covered by Ian McCall and the crew at ISM Brewing, from their stellar beer to their solid food offerings. But sometimes the pang of nostalgia is far too heavy—and we want to return to days when one could sit at a counter, eat some grub, and order a Beachwood brew inside a Beachwood space.
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Long Beach restaurants are testing the waters with late hours—but patrons need to stay up with them
Long Beach restaurants have long struggled with maintaining late hours, both pre- and post-COVID—and in a huge sense, it's the snake that eats itself: People consistently claim that they want places open later so a handful do but don't receive the patronage because it is presumed that, well, no one is open late.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: 4 Shore sign goes up in Naples; ISM launches brunch; 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Pan to move out of BK; Vibes on Peninsula permanently closes; 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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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: La Traviata opens new casual concept; new Indian eatery and birrieria coming; 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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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: December 2023
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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Long Beach’s ISM Brewing introduces its food (including $15 sandwich’n’beer lunch combos and $1 wings)
ISM Brewing has begun to serve food in the hopes that people will not only visit during all hours but that it will attract both worker and visitors to Downtown.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Grill ‘Em All signage up; Ten Mile to test burgers at event; 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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Truly, the art of pasta: Nonna Mercato’s 12-day long, chef-centric celebration of the carby wonder
Nonna Mercato in Bixby Knolls is a vastly underrated pasta heaven—and Chef Cameron Slaugh wants to flex his rolling pin skills with a series of hand-rolled pastas across 12 days in December.
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Long Beach, step into the very boozy, very tiki-y, very holiday-y world of Bamboo Club
For the 2023 holidays, Bamboo Club—Long Beach's staple tiki joint—is going all out with a holiday cocktail menu and decorations galore.
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FIRST LOOK: Krampus, unicorns, and creating Miracle at The Ordinarie in Long Beach
Miracle at The Ordinarie is a Long Beach tradition—but the story behind its annual creation is one that deserves more of the Christmas-tinged limelight.
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The Wicked Wolf’s classic cocktail menu lifts (and educates) the scene of Long Beach bars
Among Long Beach bars, The Wicked Wolf in Wrigley remains one of our best despite being one of our newest—and its Origins menu is proof of that.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Tito’s expands; El Sauz postpones 4th Street 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.
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Baby Gee unveils Halloween week menu (free jello shots included)
Like The Social List down the street, Baby Gee is entering into the Halloween spirit with a week-long celebration of goulash drinks'n'bites.
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Before Miracle takes over, experience The Ordinarie’s stellar menu from its new chef
The Ordinarie's central concept—that American hospitality can and should be a way to connect people—is something it will never stray from, even amid seemingly constant evolution.
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Long Beach bar staple Baby Gee launches into happy hour (half-off bottles of vino and vegan dogs included)
One of Long Beach's best bars just started Happy Hour. Thank the Bar Gods.
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The Social List’s dedication to Halloween is ghoulishly sip worthy
The vibe is certainly one that stands out on 4th Street: jack-o-lanterns hang across the parklet, the skeletons of former Yelpers and Karens drape the walls, the hats of witches sway from the ceiling with the disco ball...
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Behind the tradition of the chile en nogada at Lola’s in Long Beach
For Lola's co-owner Luis Navarro, serving up a variety of dishes that go beyond the stereotypical view Americans often have of Mexican food has long been in his repertoire—and the tradition of offering up chile en nogada has been one that is over a decade old at Lola's.
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FIRST LOOK: Nonna Mercato takes on brunch in Bixby Knolls
Chef Cameron Slaugh's Italian heritage is fully taken on in Nonna Mercato's inaugural brunch menu—a concept that has been a year in the making.
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El Barrio’s new menu shows off chef’s love of SoCal (including birria lasagna)
From birria lasagna to bits of pescado chicharrón, Chef Ulises Pineda-Alfaro continues to stick to his L.A. roots.
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The mole negro Thomas Keller has shipped from Oaxaca? Lola’s will be serving it for LB Food Scene Week
One of the world's most respected culinary gifts, mole negro Oaxaqueño is one of the most complex sauces on the planet—and Lola's will be offering a version shipped directly from one of Oaxaca's most respected chefs.
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Shlap Muan—Long Beach’s best spot for chicken wings—expands its flappin’ fowl empire
Opening last year, Shlap Muan has gone from a tiny North Long Beach storefront to multiple spaces—even beyond the borders of Long Beach.
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From OC to LB: ‘A PCH’ restaurant at 2nd & PCH retail complex opens July 19; reveals inaugural menu
Known for its base, minimal monikers—A Restaurant, A Crystal Cove, A Market...—the River Jetty Restaurant Group is about to open its first restaurant beyond the Orange Curtain: A PCH.
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Gaucho Beach—Long Beach’s soon-to-open, full-service restaurant and cafe on the beach—reveals menu
After years of setbacks and an optimistic announcement about their opening this summer, the largest of the beach amenity upgrades—Gaucho Beach at Alamitos Beach—has released its menu.
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Sura’s savory, summer offerings give Long Beach the full glory of the almighty cold noodle
Cold noodles are a staple throughout the entirety of the Korean food diaspora—and Sura brings that tradition to Long Beach, steel bowls and all.
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Why do few know of the East Long Beach hidden gem that is ReMix Kitchen Bar and the story behind it?
Longbeachize continues to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month: Chef Ross Pangilinan is the proud owner of many accolades when it comes to his witty plays on international cuisine in restaurants throughout Orange County, making for a warm welcome when he finally decided to push beyond the Orange Curtain and open ReMix Kitchen Bar in Long Beach. Well, kind of a warm welcome.
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Squid ink bucatini & whole fish: Wood & Salt in Long Beach returns roots
Wood & Salt owner Björn Risse always had a particular vision for his second Bixby Knolls restaurant—a focus on pastas and fire-licked fishes and meats—and feels that it must return to its roots in order to better reconnect with the community.
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Wide Eyes Open Palms, the queer women-owned 4th Street gem, continues to shine
Wide Eyes Open Palms owners/team/couple/badasses Kat McIver and Angie Evans faced hefty struggles during the pandemic, paring down their menu—but with an expanded team and induction burners on, they're ready to return to their roots as one of the city's best brunch spaces.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Philz to open in BK on Mar. 22; last chance to eat Mina’s menu at Bungalow Kitchen, 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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Observing Lent? Look no further than toward the amazing special menu at Los Reyes del Taco Sabroso
The Montesinos family of Los Reyes del Taco Sabroso create some of the city's best traditional Mexican food—food that makes those of Mexican descent miss the kitchens of their abuelitas and moms. And that is precisely what makes their Lent menu so special.
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Mardi Gras with The Social List on Retro Row: From po’ boys and hush puppies to boozy drinks and catfish
The Social List will have a celebratory Mardi Gras menu that proudly hails all things deep-fried, all things boozy, all things Cajun.
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Lola’s Mexican Cuisine in Long Beach introduces ‘quesopozole’ to ring in the winter with warmth
With the birria boom came the quesobirria craze, where corn tortilla wrapped quesadillas are crisped in the oily consommé of the birria broth and served with a side of the liquid to use as a dipping agent. So naturally, Lola's co-owner, Brenda Riviera, asked a very simple question: Why don't we dip them in pozole?
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Egg Heaven in Long Beach officially reopens (with chilaquiles included)
The heartwarming story of the return of Egg Heaven is one worth repeating: After spending 16 years with El Torito, a corporate giant that is the...
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Miracle at The Ordinarie returns to DTLB with more walk-in space, wall-to-wall decorations
After a non-stop, packed-to-the-brim celebration last year, The Ordinarie in DTLB is returning to its annual holiday takeover that is Miracle.
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This in-the-kitchen chef’s table is not just an ode to Mexico but one of Long Beach’s best kept secrets
With an immigrant's love (and longing) for their home, Chef Manuel Bañuelos and his wife Fernanda have created a Mexican gem with Fonda Tobalá—and reach new heights with their chef's table.
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With entirely new interior, Social List remains Retro Row’s neighborhood hangout
The Social List might be changing its outfit and altering its tastes, particularly when it comes to libations, but let's get one thing straight: The space is as welcomed a part of Retro Row as anything can be.
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With new interior and stellar brunch menu, the spirit of the matriarch herself remains at Lola’s
Come 2023, Lola's Mexican Cuisine will have been in business for fifteen years. But owners Luis Navarro and Brenda Rivera of Lola's still aim for major changes in 2022—including a solid brunch menu—while maintaining the soul of Lola herself.
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One year in, Rose Park on Pine still shines (with the city’s best bean & cheese burrito and fish tacos)
Rose Park on Pine has (too) quietly stepped into its second year, with Chef Melissa Ortiz showing off, menu-after-menu, some of the city's most bold and stellar food.
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Pure joy: Miracle at The Ordinarie returns to DTLB to bring cheer (and cocktails) for all
After being forced to have a walk-through experience last year due to the pandemic, The Ordinarie in DTLB is returning to its annual holiday takeover that is Miracle.
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With chef competitiveness at a pandemic high, Chef Jason Witzl returns to old-school Italian
As kitchens reopen to a capacity they haven't seen since before the pandemic, some chefs are aiming high—but Chef Jason Witzl is returning to the simplicity of old-school Italian cuisine.
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Ten Years in, Berlin becomes the bistro it always wanted to be
Nearly a decade ago, I was the first employee to open what is now known as Berlin Bistro. To my serendipitous pleasure, I have the honor of writing about its food—a truly great menu that I have long hoped for the space to get. I hope you all love it as much as I loved writing it and share it... Because we have the talent of a young chef who is only just beginning to exercise his knife skills.
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Wood & Salt maneuvers through pandemic and kitchen shifts with new menu and cocktails
Between the pandemic and losing his newest restaurant's defining chef, Wood & Salt owner Bjoern Risse has faced an uphill battle when it comes to expanding his business in Long Beach—but his investment in quality food has kept his Bixby Knoll presence unfazed.
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The Social List evolves in a food world juggling pandemic-induced fears and patrons seeking newness
Brenda Rivera and Luis Navarro are easily two of Long Beach's most recognized and busy restaurateurs: Between two Lola's locations, The Social List, and the city's first distillery, Portuguese Bend, the married pair are as ubiquitous as they are willing to evolve. What the pandemic did for many restaurants was put their plans on hold—and that especially included new menus
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Ammatolí’s brunch is beautifully unique, cementing its place as one of the city’s best restaurants
Shakshuka. Pita chilaquiles. Beet-labneh toast. The Ammatolí brunch spread is spectacular.
