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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sweetfin, Republic of Pie close in Shore; Chinito’s to return; 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: Lazy Dough opening; plus omakase cocktails, pambazos, new farmers markets, 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: 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.
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The real tragedy behind George’s Greek Cafe in DTLB being forced to vacate and close
The owners of George's Greek Cafe on Pine Avenue in Downtown Long Beach have been told by the county sheriff to vacate. It's a stain upon the great name of George Loizides.
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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 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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After decades, Central American staple La Ceiba shutters its doors in Long Beach
La Ceiba, the Long Beach restaurant that has blended Honduran and Salvadoran food at different locations across decades, has formally shuttered its doors.
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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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: El Viejón—taking over Congregation space—soft opens; 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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North Long Beach staple Aguas Way shutters as restaurant; will rent out space for events
Seven years into serving the North Long Beach community, rightfully-loved aguas frescas and Mexican food joint Aguas Way will no longer operate.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Rosemallows hosts last days of service; Amorcito shutters; 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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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.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Church’s on Cherry closes; New Amsterdam re-brands; 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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Sesame Dinette up for sale, marking the potential end of one of Long Beach’s most unique restaurants
Sesame Dinette, the Vietnamese-owned and -operated space on Pacific Avenue, is up for sale as its elderly owners seek retirement.\
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Jan’s Health Bar opens first LB space; Torisho 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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Solita to close Downtown Long Beach location, leaving massive commercial space void
Solita, the massive Mexican-American corporate restaurant chain that took over the largest retail space inside Landmark Square, will be closing by the end of the year.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Wine Beach permanently closing; Dilly’s, Alli Kaphiy soft opening
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: Babette Bakery to close Nov. 3; 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: JP23 space has new tenant; BMore Protein Pub 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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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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Less than six months after opening, 4 Shore up for sale in Naples
Less than six months after opening, 4 Shore in Naples has permanently shuttered. Even more, its space is up for sale just weeks after owner Joshua Sanchez said the closing was "temporary."
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: 4 Shore temporarily closes; FAM Fest flexes with chef lineup; 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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LB Taco Co. to permanently close in DTLB; for-the-‘Gram Madres Brunch to move in
The Long Beach Taco Company has been purportedly bought by Madres Brunch, an Insta-centric breakfast and brunch destination with five locations across SoCal.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: More closures, openings across city; Queen Mary seeks exec chef; 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: Hamburgers Nice and Baby Gee collab; Ficklewood 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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Long Beach vegan staple Seabirds Kitchen to permanently shutter Sept. 8
Seabirds Kitchen on 4th Street will permanently cease operations come Sept. 8. Chef and owner Stephanie Morgan's space has largely come to define elevated, contemporary vegan food in Long Beach.
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Michael’s Downtown to permanently shutter; Ubuntu Cafe to take over
Michael's Downtown—the DTLB extension from the Michael's Restaurant Group—will be permanently shuttering to make way for a second Ubuntu Cafe location.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Knead Donuts to open Signal Hill location; Chipotle to open soon in BK; 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: 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.
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Playa Amor to close, host last week of service; women’s sports bar concept to take over
Playa Amor, the lauded Mexican-American restaurant from Chef Thomas Ortega, will likely be serving its last week of service as the space is readying to be occupied by what will be a women's sports-centric concept. Service is expected to run through May 31.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Holey Grail to open June 1; Los Compadres to score patio; 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: Little Coyote under new owner; multiple new spaces open; 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: Turkish sweets shop opens in Belmont Shore; Jerry’s Place up for sale; 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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Black-owned and -operated Grilled Fraiche abruptly closes all locations—including Long Beach
Grilled Fraiche owner Peace Love has announced that Sunday, May 5 was the last day of operations for his much-loved Caribbean-meets-Californian set of restaurants—including its Long Beach location, one of the few spaces serving up Black food in a Black space.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Granada Deli & Liquor, Tap House, Kpasta close; Auld Dub turns 20; 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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Wide Eyes Open Palms to shutter, shift toward new owner and re-brand as Good Day Cafe
The two unabashedly queer, proud women behind Wide Eyes Open Palms—Chef Kat McIver and coffee maestro Angie Evans, who founded what is colloquially known as WeOp—have decided to pass the torch to a new owner. The space's last day of operation as Wide Eyes Open Palms will be June 2, followed by a two-week closure to re-brand as the Good Day Cafe.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Golden Burgers to become Eat Fantastic; two new parklets 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 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Small Cafe closes; Beach Hut Deli opens; Battambong goes to Coachella; 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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East Long Beach’s Remix to formally rebrand to Bar Becky—bringing some of the city’s sexiest, most comforting food
The permanent rebranding of Remix has officially happened, with Bar Becky having its first formal service this Friday, April 5—and should Benvenuti's future menus be as thoroughly playful as his inaugural one, Bar Becky is sure to be a place that is not only needed in East Long Beach but beyond deserving of it.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Plunge, V-Burger close; BBQ fest to return; 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: LB Fish Grill, El Torito closing; Happy Cow rebrands; 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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Amid absurd rent hike and landlord turmoil, Milana’s Brooklyn Squares to relocate
With a 30% rent hike, the owners of Milana's Brooklyn Squares have happily told their landlord a very simple message: Absolutely not.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Oaxacan food, bundt cakes, closures, 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: The Pan to reopen in March; Korean fried chicken hidden in a deli; 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: Flamin’ Curry to open second location; Dirt Dog reopens; 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: Harbor closes in DTLB; El Esquite opens in West LB; 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: Bottlecraft license suspended; See’s Candy opens in BK; 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.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach restaurants for sale: Seabirds, Little Coyote, Saltwater Deck, Steady Brewing, more looking for new owners
2023—despite the amount of great Long Beach restaurants, both new and old, releasing great dishes and the coming of nearly 25 new spaces this year—was a year of immense struggles and it is means that multiple Long Beach restaurants for sale will and are popping up. They already include some of the city's biggest food names, including Seabirds Kitchen, Little Coyote, Saltwater Deck, and more.
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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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Long Beach popup Axiom BBQ temporarily closes amid concerns over numbers, search for brick-and-mortar
Is there something up with the state of barbecue in Long Beach? In a deep sense of irony, following Shady Grove's frustration with their own brick-and-mortar that almost led to their closure and their return to the popup scene, barbecue popup Axiom BBQ announced this will be their last weekend serving "for a while."
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach’s Shady Grove Foods said they were closing—so the mayor visited them with hope
The response to the future closure of Shady Grove Foods led to enormous online vitriol toward the City's handling of small business—leaving Mayor Rex Richardson no choice but to meet with them one-on-one to offer help and hope.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Win~Dow signage goes up; Mangiafolie moves forward in old Scholb space; 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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Much-loved Shady Grove Foods to permanently close Long Beach brick-and-mortar Jan. 1
In what many are already feeling a huge loss to the food community, Dennis and David Robicheau—the son-and-dad team behind Shady Grove Foods and its brick-and-mortar at 2708 E. 4th St.—have announced they will be permanently shuttering the restaurant, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
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Bar Envie in Zaferia to close; Long Beach Beer Lab to take over
Bar Envie owner Geoff Rau has partnered with wife-and-husband, master baker-and-master brewer team Harmony and Levi Fried of the Long Beach Bread and Beer Labs to formally convert the space into a Beer Lab.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Bruxie grand opening Oct. 27; HipPea to close; 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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Utopia in Downtown Long Beach to shutter after nearly 25 years as a restaurant
Utopia, the Mediterranean-meets-Italian restaurant at the northwest corner of 1st Street and Linden Avenue in DTLB, will be closing its doors after 24 years of service. Their last day of service will be Oct. 28.
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Long Beach’s first distillery, Portuguese Bend, files for bankruptcy
It marks the final chapter and unfortunate demise of what was advertised as an achievement in Long Beach's culinary and drinking scene: Our city's first grain-to-glass distillery.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Kidz on Coffee moves; Handy’s Smoked Meats up for sale; 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: George’s Greek Cafe sells DTLB location; Zankou opening this month; lots 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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Playa Amor, one of Long Beach’s most respected Mexican restaurants, up for sale as 2nd and PCH evolves
Opening in 2016 to acclaim, Playa Amor helped redefine what Mexican cuisine could represent in SoCal.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Otosan closes; Nothing Bundt Cakes to take over former Polly’s space, and lots 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: Beach Hut Deli to open in DTLB; White Wasabi 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Chronic Tacos closes Ocean Blvd. location; Picarelli’s is not becoming a new restaurant; 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: Additional restaurants burglarized; Kinokawa 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Local Spot is not closed (despite rumors); Cheko El Rey is closed; 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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Lauded mariscos joint Cheko El Rey del Sarandeado closes permanently in Long Beach
Led by Chef Sergio Peñuelas and owner Kenia Monrroy, Cheko El Rey del Sarandeado represented the cuisine of Sinaloa on a level before unseen in Long Beach.
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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.
Events & Festivals
‘Our dream was stolen:’ Egg Heaven abruptly closes amid clash between current operators, past owner and landlord
Egg Heaven is now experiencing its second closure since the pandemic amid accusations of deceit, a lack of follow-through, and clashes between those running the space and those who own it.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sugar Taco to open June 5; Rascals to close; 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.
Culture & Commentary
Belmont Shore is having an entire renaissance—and Long Beach is here for it
Belmont Shore has been one of Long Beach's most important businesses corridors for decades—but the late 2010s and the beginning of this decade were anything but kind to it as multiple spaces closed up shop. But 2023? It's proving to be one of its most altering years in decades as Belmont Shore puts on a new dancin' dress.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: ‘Candified’ to open shop in Belmont Shore; South of Nick’s steps forward; 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.
Culture & Commentary
Prospector Long Beach to close after nearly 60 years of service; developer to revamp into two new spaces
Just shy of serving Long Beach for 60 years, its final day of service will be May 28 as developer Hilco Development takes over the restaurant to revamp the building into two new spaces.
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Sadly, it’s last call for one of Long Beach’s best Mexican restaurants, Fonda Tobalá in DTLB
Chef Manuel Bañuelos and his right-hand woman and wife Fernanda can no longer make the restaurant-within-a-bar concept Fonda Tobalá work, shuttering its doors on April 29.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: El Sauz to open new location; Cuizina Filipina to close and sell, 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: Food Summit coming in April; Fire Wings opens; Plancha 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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Under the Sun—one of Long Beach’s pioneering vegan spaces—will close permanently after March 17
The DTLB raw vegan food venture launched by Rainbow Juices owners Chrissy Cox and Dawna Bass, Under the Sun, will have its last day of service come March 17.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Pietris closes in shore to make way for new concept; Gus’s, LA Crab close; 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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As planned, original San Pedro Fish Market to close March 3; Long Beach location remains open
After 65 years, the famed fish market—which opened a Long Beach location in 2020—will shutter the windows on its original location as planned while figuring out its more permanent future in San Pedro.
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Famed Memphis fried chicken shop Gus’s permanently shutters Long Beach location
It was Long Beach's formal introduction to Memphis hot chicken—and honestly deserved more time to become as consistent as its Arlington Heights sister in Los Angeles.
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Portuguese Bend, Long Beach’s first distillery, abruptly closes storefront amid legal battle between owners
The city's first grain-to-glass distillery—a hallmark of the pre-pandemic food scene in DTLB—has taken a massive step back in its presence.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: La Creperie closes after 20 years, Alder & Sage opens for daytime service, more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city that isn't quite in need of a full feature but nonetheless worthy enough to let the community know about.
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Beachwood Brewing to shutter kitchen at DTLB location; operate solely as brewery and tasting room
The closure marks yet another hit to the Downtown, of which its businesses have been battling—both publicly and privately—keeping their patronages active.
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Long Beach Food Scene Weekly Intel: Hungry Angelina closes, Breakfast Republic to open first LB location, more
Weekly Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city that isn't quite in need of a full feature but nonetheless worthy enough to let the community know about.
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Buona Gente permanently closes after serving Belmont Shore for over three decades
One of Long Beach's oldest restaurants—and a long staple along the Shore—has permanently closed.
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Much-loved seafood restaurant Pier 76 permanently closed in Downtown Long Beach
Popular eatery Pier 76, which originally opened a the Cooper Arms building before moving to its 1st and Pine location, was started by Chef Christopher Krajacic.
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A local institution: Long Beach Prospector up for sale with hopes new owner will continue traditions
The sale of The Prospector adds to a growing COVID trend: The owners of old-school restaurants are exhausted fighting and ready to retire—but want someone new to take the reins of the brands.
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Long Beach’s Portfolio Coffeehouse, Berlin Bistro to vacate current locations and merge into single concept
After 32 years serving 4th Street, Portfolio Coffeeshop will be moving one block west onto Cherry Avenue, sharing a space with Berlin Bistro, which will also vacate its location in DTLB.
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After 50-plus years of slingin’ eggs, Egg Heaven in Long Beach to close indefinitely
It had been many things before ever becoming Egg Heaven, the business that would define the southwest corner of Ximeno and 4th Street. It...
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Zaferia’s Hideaway closes permanently to make way for Colombian concept Selva
The steakhouse that helped lift the Zaferia's dining scene is closing—and its owner is hoping a new concept will do the same.
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Owners of Padre seek new home—and possible new partnerships—as plans move forward for demolition of current building
After serving DTLB for over six years, the owners of Padre—Jay Krymis and Michel Verdi Krymis—are actively searching for a new home and maybe even an entirely new partnership.
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FireBird—the Nashville hot chicken staple—to close Long Beach location
FireBird, the space which can easily be pinpointed as the heart of the Nashville hot chicken craze that eventually saw a seemingly endless amounts of mimics invade the city, will be closing its Long Beach doors on September 26.
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Buona Gente permanently closes after serving Belmont Shore for over three decades
One of Long Beach's oldest restaurants—and a long staple along the Shore—has permanently closed.
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Chef Jason Witzl shutters deli concept, ditches Zaferia move as Ellie’s Long Beach returns to original home
It ain't easy out there for restaurants—and especially for Ellle's Long Beach, as Chef Jason Witzl is forced to abandon the restaurant's move to the much-lauded, soon-to-likely-shutter Compound art complex in Zaferia. There is, however, a silver lining: Ellie's will return to its full glory at its original location in Alamitos Beach.
Food & Drink
Chianina steakhouse to permanently close; Michael’s on Naples closed indefinitely
Michael Dene Carl said the pair had to face "two extremely tough decisions:" To close Michael's on Naples Ristorante indefinitely and to permanently close their steakhouse Chianina.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Cafe shutters after three decades of diner service
Long Beach Cafe, the steadfast diner that has served DTLB for over three decades, has permanently shuttered. It makes way for what will likely be a sale of the property for future development.
Food & Drink
Longtime Long Beach favorite At Last Cafe closes; Seabirds opens vegan space on 4th Street
After a decade, Long Beach is losing one of its defining neighborhood restaurants, At Last Cafe.
