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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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FIRST LOOK: Midnight Oil brings the dim sum and cocktails to Downtown Long Beach
We have your first look into the food and drinks of Midnight Oil, Downtown Long Beach's newest restaurant and bar.
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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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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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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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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.
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Meet Masah Habibeh, the real secret ingredient behind Ammatolí’s spectacular sweets
The masterful desserts and baked goods at Ammatolí created by Masah Habibeh—the daugher of owner and Chef Dima Habibeh—are nearly impossible to go unnoticed.
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Taking over Rosemallows in DTLB, Midnight Oil will bring late night dim sum and rotating speakeasy
While some are lamenting the loss of Rosemallows, Leonard Chan, the man behind restaurant and bar group The Alchemists, is moving in with Midnight Oil.
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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.
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San Pedro Fish Market to return to Pedro waterfront, open new location in Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf
San Pedro Fish Market has big news: It returns to its roots as a San Pedro harbor-facing restaurant and will open another location in Monterey's famed Fisherman's Wharf.
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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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Nettuno at Fairmont Breakers brings the glorious return of one of Long Beach’s best Italian chefs
Many first-timers or visitors likely don't know that Nettuno at the Fairmont Breakers welcomes back Chef Giuseppe Musso, a long-loved Long Beach Italian chef.
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How Sideburns became Long Beach’s most underrated burger joint
Sideburns is Long Beach's most underrated burger joint in a city rife with plenty of solid burger contenders.
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Dilly’s Sandwiches goes all-in on classic sammies (and Long Beach’s most unique tap list)
Dilly's Sandwiches is the blink-and-you'll-miss-it sandwich shop on Viking Way in Lakewood Village. And this little gem is already becoming a lunchtime staple as well as a post-school activity hangout.
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Tokyo Noir isn’t just a speakeasy; it’s an ode to discipline and honing Long Beach’s growing cocktail culture
Tucked into a space where one enters through the alley way of El Barrio, Tokyo Noir is far more than a speakeasy.
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Ammatolí’s latest expansion is an extension of Chef Dima Habibeh’s gift to the food scene
Ammatolí's latest expansion, a room called "hayati" (or "my life" in Arabic) has officially opened.
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Inglorious Funnels offers the best funnel cakes in Long Beach—and they want a more permanent home
Inglorious Funnels is seemingly everywhere in Long Beach—and they are nothing short of being the Kings of the Funnel Cake.
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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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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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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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Caviar and steak frites: DTLB’s Olive & Rose, the new concept from the Heritage crew, unveils menu
Olive & Rose, brother-and-sister pair Chef Philip and Lauren Pretty's second concept following their Michelin-starred Heritage, will soft open come Wednesday, Oct. 2.
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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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A look at Telefèric Long Beach’s inaugural traditional Spanish menu
Telefèric Long Beach—after announcing their plan to open a Long Beach location in October of 2023 and opening earlier this week—has unveiled their inaugural menu.
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A brother and a fighter serve up Coffee Station’s love letter from Instanbul to Long Beach
Coffee Station in Downtown Long Beach is a small skip away from all the Pine Avenue brouhaha, bringing Turkish culture and treats to a whole new audience.
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Waldo’s Pizza is the brainchild of a dough-making master you didn’t know even know was a master
Waldo Stout, the charismatic, humble leader of Waldo's Pizza, has a culinary pedigree like no other.
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Albert’s Petite Sweets: How a Filipino chocolatier chose Long Beach as his home
In one very quick year, Albert's Petite Sweets has grown from a kitchen-based passion into a full-fledged chocolatier business.
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OBRA HandBakery—Long Beach’s king of empanadas—shares the love South America and the Carribean
OBRA Handbakery is the undisputed king of empanadas in Long Beach, having built up a decade-long patronage.
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Open Sesame re-introduced Lebanese food to Long Beach 25 years ago—and it is still going strong
For restaurateur and Open Sesame owner Ali Kobeissi, knowing his Lebanese staple in Belmont Shore is about to surpass a quarter of a century of serving the community makes him "feel quite old."
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The Vintage LBC in Bixby Knolls is, oh, so much more than a cheese shop
The Vintage LBC comes off as a cheese shop—and indeed, it is. But it is much, much more than that: it's a sandwich shop. Wine bar. Market. Hang-out space. It's all around pretty damn awesome.
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Nearly 15 years in, Milana’s New York Pizzeria spearheaded Long Beach’s pizza renaissance
It is practically impossible to talk about pizza in Long Beach without talking about Milana's New York Pizzeria.
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Ají Peruvian Cuisine in Long Beach celebrates ten years as a purveyor of Peruvian flavors
Ají Peruvian Cuisine is participating in Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024, a ten-day celebration of our city's food culture with over 60 restaurants involved....
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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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Rasselbock continues to be Long Beach’s steward of all things German grub
Rasselbock has long been the steward of traditional German cuisine, having been home in Bixby Knolls since 2016.
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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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From Mexico to Perú: The serendipitous birth of West Long Beach’s Casa Chaski’s
Casa Chaski's in West Long Beach is the result of Chef Agustín Romo's dedication to Comida Peruana and the mighty west coast country of...
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Right Mealz—from feeding the NFL to feeding Long Beach—proves healthy food can avoid, well, being boring
Right Mealz, the Downtown eatery that is a meals-to-go spot-meets-coffeehouse-meets-restaurant, is slowly building a name for two things. One is creating healthy food that...
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Seal Beach Fish Co. is the sole line-caught seafood restaurant in the region
Our neighbor to the south has some hidden gems worth exploring—Koi immediately comes to mind. So does the classic Mahe. But few are as unique as the Seal Beach Fish Co. In fact, it is the only line-caught seafood restaurant in the entire region.
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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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SnoCorner is Long Beach’s ultimate ode to the sweets of New Orleans
Snocorner—the bright, tricolorized snoball shop directly across from Poly High School—is one helluva ode to the sweet treats of New Orleans.
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Olive by the Bay—steeped in Long Beach food history—connects Downey to peninsula
Olive by the Bay—the newest restaurant to open for the community of the Peninsula—takes over a space that is rich in food history.
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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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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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Liv’s is Belmont Shore’s underrated seafood gem—and it goes beyond the oysters
Liv's, the oyster bar-meets-full-on seafood restaurant in the Shore, has brought something to Long Beach that has long been needed. Sexy oysters. Good wine....
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Ruta 15 brings a new level of mariscos to Long Beach
Ruta 15 is extremely new, having been opened only a few weeks—but it is bringing a level of mariscos to Long Beach that echoes some of the region's best spots.
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FIRST LOOK: Hartland’s opens with rare, perched-above-the-beach experience in Long Beach
Restaurateur and chef Rob White just announced he would be taking over the former Plunge space at 1900 Ocean with a new concept. And is now ready to debut Hartland's for the Long Beach food scene—complete with utterly gorgeous views of the coastline.
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Meet the Sicilian godmother of Long Beach, feeding us one arancini and cannoli at a time
She calls herself the Godmother of Long Beach, a Palermo-born mother who has decided post-divorce to do one pretty wild endeavor: Park herself at the southeast corner of Ocean Boulevard and Bennett Avenue, pop up a tent, set up a frier and stovetop, and serve up massive balls of arancini, stuffed-to-order cannolis, and more.
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Michael’s on Naples has one of the city’s strongest cocktail programs—so why do so few know about it?
Michael's on Naples has been known for many things, be it their long-held steel grip on regional Italian cuisine or their dive into creating a sustainable market or... But their cocktail program, headed by master mixologist Jocelyn Jolly, is certainly an underrated gem of a space that deserves constant praise (and yet receives so little).
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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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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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Pizza Parlor LB is East Long Beach’s hidden, underrated carby gem
Pizza Parlor LB—the East Long Beach pizzeria that plays sibling to Coffee Parlor, both owned and operated by Long Beach native Josh Knight—has grasped the Long Beach pizza zeitgeist by the crust to deliver the best pizza on the Eastside.
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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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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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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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Popular OC-based chain Jan’s Health Bar opening first location in Long Beach
One of Orange County's most successful and championed businesses, Jan's Health Bar, has expanded into six locations across the county—and will cross the Orange Curtain for the first time when it opens near Loynes Drive and Pacific Coast Highway in East Long Beach.
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Marlena’s brunch proves why it is Long Beach’s best new restaurant
Marlena—one of Long Beach's newest restaurants from newly minted restaurateur Robert Smith, Chef Michael Ryan, hospitality maestro Debra Zelenka, and cocktail connoisseur David Castillo—has quickly garnered a loyal legion of patrons.
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In much needed expansion of the Black food scene, Taste of the Caribbean opens in Long Beach
Chef Bernard James, who started his Taste of the Caribbean food truck back in 2014 before opening Hollywood's sole brick-and-mortar dedicated to Caribbean food, has officially opened up shop in East Long Beach.
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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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Viaje in Belmont Shore is home to Long Beach’s most underrated cocktail program
Viaje in Belmont Shore serves as one of the most underrated spaces when it comes to the growing cocktail game, with head bartender Tiquio Serratos exploring with Mexican spirits and ingredients that honor and uplift our neighbor to the south.
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Altar Society is part of a Downtown Long Beach rebirth—so they’re hosting a crawl to celebrate the other businesses joining them
Altar Society will be hosting a Long Beach Food Scene meet-up that will eventually become a crawl, hitting up ISM, The Stave, and ending at The Ordinarie come Mar. 8—all in celebration of Long Beach Last Call.
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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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EA Seafood Restaurant is the old-school Cantonese neighborhood space Long Beach longs for
Walking into EA Seafood Restaurant—the Cantonese joint that overtook the former Kinokawa space after it permanently shuttered in July of 2023—I was immediately stopped...
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Praise the rolled taco gods: How the OG, San Diego-based Adalberto’s quietly slipped into Long Beach
For many who have depended on the yes-but-not-quite San Diego-style of La Taqueria Mexicana on 4th, there is a sense of joy that, very quietly, the Adalberto's family has decided to expand well beyond San Diego and opened their first shop quietly on 7th Street last year.
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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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Why Venice’s The Win~Dow was always destined for Long Beach
The Win~Dow, Venice's smash burger concept birthed in 2019 in a parking lot, has officially opened its first Long Beach location—a place it has always been destined for.
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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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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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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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Meet the mother-and-daughter tamales team behind Long Beach’s Michoacán-inspired Toma Tu Tamal
The humble-but-mighty tamal is a precious commodity across the Americas, especially during the holidays—and Toma Tu Tamal celebrates that through a daughter and mother's love.
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OC legend Smoke & Fire to take over Portuguese Bend in Long Beach (and yes, they’re going to be distilling)
Shortly after it was announced Lupe's will be taken over by the owners of Padre and Mezcalero, the crew behind OC-based (and Long Beach-connected) Smoke & Fire will take over the Portuguese Bend distillery next door, giving a much-needed dose of energy to DTLB.
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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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The storied history of the woman behind Long Beach’s best gumbo joint, Sal’s Gumbo Shack
"Sal's Gumbo Shack started because someone got tired of a company thinkin' they knew what they hell they were doing. Sal's Gumbo Shack started...
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Breakfast Dreams, the breakfast popup at Rose Park in DTLB, is the stuff of, well, dreams
Breakfast Dreams, a two-day-a-week residency at Rose Park on Pine, fills a much-missed gap in the coffeehouse's offerings.
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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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Pickle Banh Mi harbors the spirit of its Vietnamese women founders—and they’re ready for the shop’s grand opening in Long Beach
Created by the spirit of a mother and her sister —and continuing to be fueled by a daughter and son—Pickle Banh Mi is not just an ode to the mighty Vietnamese sandwich but to the resilience and empowerment of Vietnamese women.
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Speak Cheezy is one of the city’s best pizzerias—and its family is deeply rooted with the Asian community
Longbeachize continues to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month: Speak Cheezy owner Jason Winters and his family hold a deep attachment to the Asian community and culture, resulting in stellar pizza collabs with Long Beach legends like Gemmae Bake Shop and the Cambodian Cowboy himself, Chef Chad Phuong of Battambong BBQ.
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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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Celebrating 30 years, West Long Beach’s Gemmae Bake Shop has been the heart of the Filipino food scene
As we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, I take you on a trip to Gemmae Bake Shop, a westside bakery that has been feeding the community with everything from ube halaya and pancit to cheese mamons and ube & macapuno ensaymadas.
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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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Tucked into the back of a retail complex is East Long Beach’s best hidden bar (with quality vegan dim sum)
Morning Nights didn't open with flying colors—but with some refinement, a made-to-order mandate, and a mini-oasis tucked into the back corner of The Hangar, it is one of Long Beach's most underrated spaces.
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Lola’s Mexican Cuisine—the restaurant that introduced Long Beach to birria—celebrates its quinceañera
Lola's Mexican Cuisine is having her quinceañera—15 years serving Long Beach from Retro Row—and her family, led by son Luis Navarro and daughter-in-law Brenda Riviera, want to assure the community that her spirit will never be lost as long as there is an appetite for her food.
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The Attic Long Beach’s supper club—one of the city’s best private dinners—allows its chef to finally do a proper flex
Chef Cameron Slaugh came onto the Long Beach dining scene with experience from some of New York's most respected kitchens—including the three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park—and now he's ready to show off.
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Your first look at Bar Envie, the NOLA-inspired concept from the crew behind Selva
The owners and chef behind Selva are off to their second food adventure—and it is another Zaferia restaurant that completely deviates from their previous restaurant.
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Rance’s Chicago Pizza is Long Beach’s heartfelt, nerdily-researched ode to the mighty deep dish of The Windy City
While some have the misconception that Rance's is a huge chain—there's only one other location, their OG, hole-in-the-wall location in Costa Mesa—the real story is is that two childhood friends bonded over deep-dish and a potential future business.
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Ten Mile Brewing already serves great beer—but they also serve Long Beach’s most underrated pizza
Father-and-son team Dan and Jesse Sundstrom have created a brewery that has won them some of the most distinguished awards in the industry—and now, Jesse is tackling one of the city's most-loved sectors of food: pizza.
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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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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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These pink and purple dishes from Lola’s and The Social List? Valentine’s Day kitsch perfection
There are many Valentine's Day dinners happening across the city—too many to individually cover—but Lola's and The Social List have dove into the post-pandemic desire to harness a Hallmark Holiday more than ever.
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Los Reyes del Taco Sabroso is Long Beach’s most heartfelt love letter to the mighty food of Mexico City
The Montesinos family, led by their loving and affable patriarch, Carlos Hector Montesinos García, have created a tiny-but-mighty space that offers a beautiful blend of the traditional and trendy—and therefore giving Long Beach some of its best Mexican food.
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Michelin-recognized Sushi Nikkei opens second Long Beach location in Belmont Shore
After a much-deserved warm welcome in Bixby Knolls, Sushi Nikkei is officially expanding its Long Beach footprint.
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Chez Bacchus brings Long Beach dining with all of the white cloth and little of the pretense
Evoking straight forward, intercontinental fine dining from an era that seems stuck in pre-pandemic times, Chez Bacchus owner John Hansen hopes to finally succeed in a space where others have failed.
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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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Noble Bird Rotisserie is one of the West Coast’s most allergen-focused restaurants—but people are forgetting just how great the food is
Wife and husband team Sidney and Steve Price have, like many restaurateurs, been on a roller coaster of a ride opening a restaurant right before the pandemic. However, theirs is specifically one helluva ride that no family would seek to hop on—but it was a ride that certainly made them stronger nonetheless.
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Nonna Mercato is just the bakery (and coming-soon bistro) that Bixby Knolls deserves
Coming off the success of completely altering the quality and vibe of The Attic, business partners Chef Cameron Slaugh and Steve Massis move into the carby world of bakery-meets-bistro.
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Vino e Cucina in East Long Beach seeks to present classic hospitality in a world increasingly removed from connection
In an age where food is increasingly removed from the hands that make and serve it—amid the rise of Postmates and ghost kitchens—Lorenzo Mottola of Vino e Cucina seeks to create a return to classic Italian hospitality in an area of Long Beach long known for lacking quality food.
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Padre in Long Beach’s continued focus on pan-Latin American cuisine make it a gem for the food community
With Guadalajara-based Chef Manuel Buñuelos still overseeing the menu after formally starting his own project, Padre in Long Beach's menu continues to explore all aspects of Latin American food.
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Your first look at Shady Grove Foods, the original procurer of ‘Long Beach barbecue’
The father-and-son team behind one of Long Beach's most anticipated brick-and-mortars proudly proclaim their food as "Long Beach barbecue," where stick ribs marinated in fish sauce and pork chops topped with pineapple and cilantro are run of the mill.
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Michael’s on Naples introduced Long Beach to farm-to-table food—and continues to do so 15 years in
Echoing his own experience in Italy, Michael's on Naples General Manager Massimo Arrone saw potential in mimicking that experience in Long Beach—an effect that continues over a decade later.
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Sushi Nikkei brings the vastness of the Japanese diaspora directly to Long Beach from Peru
Peru's rich history of Asian immigrants—particularly Japanese and Chinese—have brought with it an equally rich development of sushi as seen through a Peruvian lens thanks to the children of Asian descent. Sushi Nikkei is but one of the world's examples of that.
Food & Drink
Over four decades in, Legends Long Beach is the legend that brought the sports bar to America
Through technology advancement and disaster setbacks—a fire nearly destroyed its existence—Legends Long Beach in Belmont Shore was bringing the game and bar food to locals before such a thing was ever common.
Food & Drink
A love letter to Colombia: Selva brings playful, colorful soul to Long Beach food scene
This is your first look into Selva, the Colombia-inspired restaurant overtaking the former Hideaway space in the Zaferia District—and it is Brian Addison's favorite new restaurant.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
The underrated food coming out of the underrated Zaferia gem that is Commodity
Chef Josh Haskal has been directly involved in nearly every aspect of food hospitality—be it managing the former Beer Belly to bartending to cooking—but his talents shine best when he has the right partnership, like that with Commodity.
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Seabirds Kitchen has helped define vegan food in Long Beach—and continues to push toward the ethos of a better food world
Seabirds owner and vegan food master Stephanie Morgan has long dealt with ups and downs—this is the restaurant industry—but she has always maintained one very specific ideal: her food is more than just palate-pleasing but a call for the securing of a healthy future generation.
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The creamy, dreamy, silky, milky, cheesy world of Long Beach’s Oh La Vache
Owners Erika Ponzo and Jessica Sarwine jumped into the lactescent world of cheese mid-pandemic—and in return, have created a cheese shop that Long Beach definitively deserves.
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It was supposed to be a bodega: The unlikely story of Little Coyote Long Beach
The birth of Little Coyote—one of the city's most respected pizzerias—came out of stressful stretching-too-thin, persistent pivots, and good ol' gluten.
Food & Drink
How The Attic on Broadway in Long Beach went from Instagram-brunch to Michelin-recognized
Though there was a seemingly endless line of patrons constantly at The Attic, owner Steve Massis and Chef Cameron Slaugh held a mutual sentiment: It could not only be better but it could be great.
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Bring on the botanas: El Barrio Cantina in Long Beach brings eclectic menu and ambition to former Ashley’s space
Chef Ulises Pineda-Alfaro and his fellow partners, Joe Lin and Jesse Duron, are no strangers to the food game—but their ambitions with their new Long Beach joint are much bigger than anything they've tackled before.
Food & Drink
Rose Park on Pine (re)introduces the divine food of Chef Melissa Ortiz
With dinner launching tonight, Rose Park in DTLB is finally becoming the bistro it always wanted to be—with food that pushes the boundaries of what Long Beach is culinarily thanks to Chef Melissa Ortiz.
Food & Drink
Saltwater Deck, Long Beach’s first on-the-sand eatery in years, hopes to be more than a grab’n’go
The first restaurant to open in the three-part upgrade of Long Beach's waterfront, Saltwater Deck keeps it fresh and simple food-wise—but hopes for much more.
Food & Drink
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
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
Chef Philip Pretty takes sandwich game to new heights with Heritage
Note: All pictures were photographed using social distancing standards. Chef Pretty was asked to remove his mask for a photo before putting it back...
Food & Drink
Wanting to share their home, La Chancla serve up guisado-style tacos to Long Beach
The key point to La Chancla—the tiny-but-mighty taco space inside the Northgate complex at 10th Street and Cherry Avenue—are guisados. And for the first time, Long Beach has a space dedicated to these magical little style of serving up taco fillings.
Food & Drink
The Hideaway is Chef Art Gonzalez’s gorgeous ode to old-school steakhouses
The Hideaway—Chef Art Gonzalez's gorgeous ode to old-school steakhouses—opens in Long Beach's Zaferia district.
Food & Drink
Chef Thomas Ortega’s Amorcito shines as one of Long Beach’s best taquerias
Amorcito, Chef Thomas Ortega's second Long Beach outfit and third overall food space, has officially opened at The Hangar inside Long Beach Exchange.
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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.
Food & Drink
Stuffed between a design firm and burger joint sits the magic of Ammatolí’s food
Ammatoli, with its minimal light gray, golds, and dark woods creating a peaceful ambiance, had an equally peaceful opening this past weekend with little fanfare—and perhaps that is best for now since it is offering some of the best Middle Eastern food in the city.
