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Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2025: UPDATED
A continually updated list of Long Beach restaurants opening in 2025 from Brian Addison.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Local Spot abruptly closes; new 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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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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Black-owned Mangiafoglie is a welcomed addition to a dwindling Long Beach vegan scene
Mangiafolie, Chef Paul Reese's first dive into the world of restaurants after running a vegan pizza popup, has officially opened its doors on 4th.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: From Japanese to donuts, lots of new openings across city
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 Buvons officially opens French-meets-Californian restaurant space
After a month of experimenting in the kitchen, Buvons Wine Bar, the restaurant expansion from the neighboring Buvons Wine Shop, has opened under the watchful eye of owner and chef Alicia Kemper.
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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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Long Beach Japanese legend Yoya Takahashi to open izakaya space, Homareya, in DTLB
Homareya—set to take over the former Mitaki space in Downtown Long Beach, right next to Milana's New York Pizzeria—will be a rarity for Long Beach when it hopefully opens this summer.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Colossus opens new location; more sweets come to the Shore; 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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Lunar New Year lion dance event in Downtown Long Beach to include Midnight Oil preview
A Midnight Oil preview will be part of a Lunar New Year celebration on The Promenade in Downtown Long Beach. (Yes, lion dance performance included.)
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Syrian space opens in Wrigley; Knead in Signal Hill moves 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.
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Mangiafolie—the 4th Street Southern Italian vegan space—will soft open on Jan. 22
Mangiafolie, the vegan space dedicated to Southern Italian cuisine and pastries, is soft opening Jan. 22 at 8AM.
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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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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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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sonoratown open late on Friday, Saturday; 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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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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Keto-friendly, family-owned Bushfire Kitchen to open first Long Beach location
Temecula-birthed Bushfire Kitchen, which has quickly expanded its presence across SoCal—will be opening its first Los Angeles County location in Long Beach.
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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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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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Sky Room: The refined rebirth of a Long Beach culinary and cultural legend
Sky Room—one of two restaurants in the newly minted Fairmont Breakers hotel and spa in Downtown Long Beach—has returned.
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With OakBerry opening, Belmont Shore has become a haven for bourgeoning brands
OakBerry, the Brazil-based açaí juggernaut of a chain, will be opening its first Long Beach location. Located inside the former Engels & Völkers sapce at 4913 E. 2nd St.
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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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EggBred Long Beach to open with ‘craft breakfast sandwiches’ in Downtown on Nov. 23
EggBred Long Beach—the quickly expanding, self-described craft breakfast sandwich chain—will be opening on Nov. 23.
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Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2024: UPDATED
Your complete guide to all the restaurants opening (or not) in Long Beach in 2024.
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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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Madres Brunch Long Beach officially opens in the East Village
Madres Brunch Long Beach has officially opened. It has taken over the former LB Taco Co. space in the East Village, which closed earlier this year.
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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: 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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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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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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Telefèric Long Beach opens today, offering its much respected Spanish food
Telefèric Long Beach—the local location of the 31-year-old Barcelona staple—will take over the former Hungry Angelina space (which closed in late 2022) at the massive 2nd & PCH retail complex in Alamitos Bay.
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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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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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Zarape Long Beach: WeHo Mexican joint to open location in Belmont Shore
Belmont Shore is becoming the epicenter of elevated Mexican cuisine as Zarape Long Beach becomes a reality.
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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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Sonoratown Long Beach will open its doors Sept. 17
Sonoratown Long Beach is officially opening its doors on Sept. 17, bringing the famed DTLA taqueria to DTLB.
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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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West Long Beach staple Gemmae Bake Shop officially takes over a fire station in Bixby Knolls
After months of negotiations with the City—including its Cultural Heritage Commission—it official. Filipino staple Gemmae Bake Shop will move into the now-abandoned Fire Station 9 in Bixby Knolls.
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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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Crumbl Cookies is opening a Long Beach location—but has the hype died?
Crumbl Cookies, the massive Utah-based cookie chain that has opened over 1,000 locations since 2017, is finally coming to Long Beach. The new location will be next to Trader Joe's in the Marketplace complex at the southeast corner of Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street.
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Watch Me Sports Bar—Long Beach’s first space dedicated to women’s sports—to open July 26
Watch Me Sports Bar (stylized Watch Me!)—which took over the former Playa Amor space earlier this year—will officially open Friday, July 26 at 4PM. And with that opening, brings Long Beach its first space solely dedicated to women's sports.
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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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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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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: La Parolaccia expands; Roll ‘Em Up opens in Lakewood; 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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Republic of Pie’s first Long Beach location soft opens July 4 in Belmont Shore
After Sancho's Tacos formally shuttered its space in Belmont Shore, it made way for North Hollywood staple Republic of Pie's first expansion beyond its original location. And it officially opens on Thursday, July 4.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: South of Nick’s moves forward in Belmont Shore; more coffeeshops 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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Ribbro Long Beach soft opens with barbecue sandwiches until grand opening
Ribbro Long Beach has officially soft opened in Belmont Shore, serving sandwiches only until its grand opening in July. Owner Mark Lee is aiming for a July 2 formal opening—but that all depends on equipment and timing.
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¡Toma!, taking over former Lupe’s space in Downtown Long Beach, aims for summer opening
Cheers for Downtown Long Bech: Toma (stylized ¡Toma!) will be opening its doors within the coming months inside the former Lupe's space.
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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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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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Gardena fave Borjstar Shawarma Shop to open in Downtown—officially marking the Long Beach shawarma wars
In a former world where Open Sesame and Gypsy were the dominant owners of the shawarma game in Long Beach, Hague (yes, the Netherlands)-based Borjstar Shawarma Shop—set to take over the form Utopia space in the East Village Arts District— a new influx of Levantine and Mediterranean inspired joints have hit the scene and, in all frankness, altered it in ways that are only for the better.
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Guisados Long Beach opens today with limited hours test run
Guisados Long Beach will open today at 10AM, with breakfast served through noon, and completing off lunch until 3PM.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Rubio’s, Dave’s Hot Chicken likely to close in Belmont Shore; 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: 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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Broken Spirits Distillery will open its doors in Downtown Long Beach on May 31
After announcing their plans back in October of 2023, the group behind Orange County's wildly popular Smoke & Fire and Villains Brewing concepts are ready to unveil their distilling space, Broken Spirits Distillery. Taking over the former Portuguese Bend space in Downtown Long Beach, Broken Spirits has announced they will open May 31.
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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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FIRST LOOK: Inside Angel’s Share, Belmont Shore’s restaurant meets full-on whiskey lounge
Angel's Share—the newest restaurant that has already begun construction inside the former Tap House space in Belmont Shore—is a space that hopes to bring a little class to the Shore with a whiskey selection like no other, private chef dinners, memberships, and a setting that keeps it intimate.
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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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L.A. taco institution Guisados to open first Long Beach location
Taco lovers, rejoice: Famed Boyle Heights-birthed taco joint Guisados will move into the former Long Beach Fish Grill space on Redondo Avenue.
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The Fairmont Breakers in Long Beach to open in fall; multiple food and bar spaces (like The Sky Room) included
The Fairmont Breakers—taking over the historic building that lines the southern end of Ocean between Collins Way and Locust Avenue—has what many are hoping to be an official opening date after many opening announcements that failed to follow through: Fall of 2024.
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Bojangles to dip its deep-fried toe into L.A. County for first time with 30 locations, including Long Beach
Bojangles, the Charlotte-based restaurant chain birthed in the 1970s and famous for its Cajun-style fried chicken, has announced the signing of a 30-unit agreement...
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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: Chile Verde moving into former Bored & Hungry space; Primal Alchemy scores prestigious award; 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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Seattle staple Bai Tong Thai opens first Long Beach location
Hitting 35 years of service with its original space near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport in Washington, Bai Tong Thai has stepped out of its Washington and Oregon roots to open its second, pick-up-or-to-go only California location in Long Beach, following the opening of their Anaheim location.
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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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OC-based Ribbro BBQ to open first Long Beach location in Belmont Shore
Orange County-based barbecue joint Ribbro BBQ will be taking over the former Mangosteen space on 2nd Street in Belmont Shore following rumors that everyone from Bludso's to Long Beach's own Axiom would be taking over the space.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Grill ‘Em all inches toward opening; various new shops 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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Kauai-birthed taro donut kings Holey Grail to open first Long Beach location
Holey Grail—the Hawai'i based taro donut concept that was birthed out of a food truck before opening multiple brick-and-mortars on the mainland—will be opening its first Long Beach location, taking over the former Earl of Sandwich shop that closed earlier this year.
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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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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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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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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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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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Breakfast concept ‘And Waffles’ to take over former Pier 76 space in Downtown Long Beach
Los Angeles mini-breakfast chain And Waffles (stylized as & Waffles) will be opening a Long Beach location at the former Pier 76 space in Downtown Long Beach at 95 Pine Ave.
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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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Chef Philip Pretty of Heritage Long Beach’s second restaurant? It’s in a place as surprising as it is cool
Chef Philip Pretty—riding high on the city's first Michelin Star given to his Heritage Long Beach space that he shares with his sister and co-owner Lauren—is opening a second concept, Olive & Rose, in the former City Center Motel at the southwest corner of 3rd Street and Atlantic Avenue.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ackee Bamboo slowly inching to open; Nook, Moonbridge 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: Walt’s Wharf catches fire; former Octopus space back up for lease; 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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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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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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Famed pastor slinger Leo’s Taco Truck adds Long Beach to its list of permanent homes
Leo's Taco Truck, the massively popular and idolized taqueria that is known for its pastor, has officially added Long Beach to its growing list...
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Grill Em All to close original Alhambra location, move all operations to Long Beach
Grill Em All, the "death to false burgers," metal-inspired burger joint that has been an Alhambra staple since 2013, will be moving its entire...
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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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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.
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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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Michelin-recognized Chef Imran Ali Mookhi to open Desi-focused Shor restaurant in Hawaiian Gardens (premium mocktail bar included)
In Fullerton, Chef Imran Ali Mookhi—the chef behind Fullerton's Michelin-recognized Khan Saab—will be opening his Desi-focused Shor restaurant in Hawaiian Gardens come 2024.
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FIRST LOOK: Inside Broken Spirits Distillery, taking over Portuguese Bend in Long Beach
Broken Spirits Distillery's massive re-haul of Portuguese Bend will show off some definitive reminders of its previous tenants while also offering an entirely new space dedicated to the craft of master distiller Massimiliano “Max” Stecca.
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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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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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DTLA’s famed Sonoratown to open Long Beach location in former Under the Sun space
Oh yes, Long Beach: Chivichangas and caramelos are coming as Sonoratown—the flour-tortilla empire that is a staple in Downtown Los Angeles and often appears on Best Of lists around the country—will be opening its first Long Beach location, as first reported by LA TACO.
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Popular ‘craft breakfast sandwich’ chain Eggbred inches forward in opening first Long Beach location
The quickly expanding, self-described craft breakfast sandwich chain that is Eggbred will be opening its first Long Beach location at the ground floor level of the Shoreline Gateway tower in Downtown Long Beach.
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A return to roots: Meet Ian McCall, Long Beach’s newest (and very talented) brewer of ISM Brewing
Taking over the former Beachwood Brewing space in Downtown Long Beach, Ian McCall and his ISM Brewing bring a fresh, talented grip of beer making and knowledge.
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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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From El Salvador to Long Beach: How Black Dog Coffee Roaster came to take over a beloved shop
Taking over a space that was once home to local coffee royalty, this tiny-but-mighty roaster hopes to offer something different.
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Sour beer lovers rejoice: Beachwood’s Downtown Long Beach brewery The Blendery is (finally) reopening
The reopening—which will include Beachwood Brewing and Blendery beers fully side-by-side—will the first time customers can visit regularly since March of 2020.
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Barcelona legend Telefèric to open at 2nd & PCH in Long Beach
Taking over food entrepreneur Matthew Kenney's vegan space Hungry Angelina at 1nd & PCH, Telefèric brings a whole new level of European cuisine to Long Beach.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Marlena, Beachwood taproom, and District 4 Pizza 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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Northern Cafe—one of the region’s most respected Chinese joints—soft opens in Long Beach
Northern Cafe—the largest chain restaurant of loved’n’respected Chinese restaurateur Betty Ren—has soft opened in Belmont Shore with a limited menu.
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Padre, Mezcalero owners to take over former Lupe’s space in Downtown Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach officially has a reason to celebrate: The former Lupe's space at 3rd Street and The Promenade, which has been shuttered since January of this year, has officially signed on a new tenant—and it's from folks who have long been a staple in the DTLB scene.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Altar Society soft opens; Cookie Plug to expand into 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: L’Antica in Shore, Beachwood at 2nd & PCH opening in coming months; 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 first full-on vegan deli, The Plant Butchers, set to open Oct. 1 in DTLB
The plans from The Plant Butchers are ambitious, from a full array of vegan meats and cheeses to sandwiches and canned sauces—a welcomed addition to a scene that includes vegan pioneers like Seabirds and wildly inventive creatives like Chef Soozee Nguyen from Wild Chive.
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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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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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OC-based Chicken University opens its first location in Bixby Knolls
Opening its first location in Fullerton in 2017, Chicken University became an instantaneous hit, garnering over 100,000 followers on Instagram and constant lines of students seeking decadent fried fusion offerings.
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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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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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Katsu burgers are returning, Long Beach: Burger Daddy is reopening in DTLB
The city's first and sole restaurant dedicated to the katsu burger was much-loved in its two-year existence—and its return hopes for that same love to come back.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Famed L’Antica pizzeria moves forward in the Shore; Nick the Greek opens July 25; 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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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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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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Respected Long Beach Vegan Pizza popup to move into 4th Street space, rebrand as Mangiafoglie
Vegans, rejoice: Largely recognized as the best vegan pizza—specifically its pepperoni version—in the city, "LBVP," as it called among patrons, will rebrand as Mangiafolie and move into a brick-and-mortar.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Zero proof bottle shop Hummingbird Heart opens; Belmont Brewing fighting to keep dog 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: 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.
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Gaucho Grill’s beach concept to open on sands of Long Beach in summer; new look at interior
After years of setbacks, the largest of the beach amenity upgrades—those at Alamitos Beach—will have its tenant, Gaucho Grill, finally open this summer.
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Beloved Long Beach Indian restaurant Appu’s Cafe to soft open second location on June 3
After eying multiple spaces—including a potential DTLB location—Appu's Cafe has settled on an East Long Beach location for their second space.
Culture & Commentary
Hamburger Mary’s continues push into South with new Dallas location—anti-drag legislation be damned
The reach of Hamburger Mary's is wildly expansive for those who have never left the SoCal bubble: Beyond its three California locations—Long Beach and...
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.
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Venice smash burger king The Win~Dow is coming to Belmont Shore
After blowing up on Rose Avenue as take-out window of a steakhouse in Venice with its shockingly affordable burgers, The Win~Dow has slowly expanded to another location in Venice and Silver Lake. Now, it will venture below the 10 and open a location in Belmont Shore.
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Venice smash burger king The Win~Dow is coming to Belmont Shore
After blowing up on Rose Avenue as take-out window of a steakhouse in Venice with its shockingly affordable burgers, The Win~Dow has slowly expanded to another location in Venice and Silver Lake. Now, it will venture below the 10 and open a location in Belmont Shore.
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Northern Cafe coming: One of L.A.’s most respected Chinese restaurateurs takes on Belmont Shore
Yes, Long Beach is finally expanding its Chinese food options with the coming-soon of Northern Cafe—the largest chain restaurant of loved'n'respected Chinese restaurateur Betty Ren—in Belmont Shore where La Creperie used to be before shutting down earlier this year.
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Your first look at the re-branded Bungalow Long Beach (and yes, Anderson .Paak will be at the grand opening)
Returning back to its original concept, owner Brent Bolthouse entirely shift the vibe of the Bungalow space into a full-on bar and lounge where food is not bigger than the mighty list of cocktails and mocktails.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: La Parolaccia now open 7 days a week; Foodologie 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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Alhambra fave, metal-inspired Grill ‘Em All, hopes to open first Long Beach location Aug. 1
Following the opening of Long Beach's first on-the-sand eatery, Saltwater Deck, at Junipero Beach, owners of Grill 'Em All says they are expected to open their first Long Beach location at the Bayshore concession stand Aug. 1 if everything goes as planned.
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Taking over former Chianina space, upcoming ‘4 Shore’ bucks trends with dress code, mandatory bottle service
The former Chianina space in Naples, Long Beach—which has long had an application notice for a change of ownership belonging to Drizzy Enterprise LLC—will...
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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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Group behind “A Restaurant” in OC to open “A Pacific Coast Highway” at 2nd+PCH
Known for its base, minimal monikers—A Restaurant, A Crystal Cove, A Market...—the River Jetty Restaurant Group is about to expand beyond the Orange Curtain and into Long Beach with its "A Pacific Coast Highway" concept.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Pickle Banh Mi Co. soft opens; Mai Tai Festival 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: Ike’s Sandwiches, cheese shop to open in Hangar; Japanese joint Te-Buru 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.
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Amid closures, Cassidy’s Corner brightens up Long Beach Exchange with new location
While the retail center has seen a recent string of restaurant closures both in and outside its Hangar food hall, the opening of Cassidy's Corner offers a much needed greet at the hall's entrance.
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San Pedro Fish Market’s flagship operation to temporarily serve out of Brouwerij West
The (rightfully) adored brewery in San Pedro will act as the new home for San Pedro Fish Market's center of operations after plans to stay at their original location—what is now becoming an entire overhaul of the town's Ports O' Call area on the waterfront—fell through.
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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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Knead Donuts & Tea continues to expand empire with new Cerritos location
One of Long Beach's most loved and respected donut shops, the Cambodian-American gem that is Knead, has expanded beyond the city limits and has officially opened its doors in a new location in Cerritos.
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OC fave Ham ‘n Scram to open first Long Beach location April 1
One of Orange County's most beloved breakfast spots—started by a father-and-son team in 2010—is opening its first location beyond the Orange Curtain.
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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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Cena Vegan to open in Partake; Alder & Sage tests dinner service, 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: 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Mad Dumplings opens, Kevin Hart’s vegan chain to open in Lakewood, 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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Popular L.A. vegan taco joint Sugar Taco readying to open Long Beach location, joining The Plant Butchers
With two existing locations in Los Angeles already—one in Sherman oaks and one in the heart of Melrose's most beloved stretch near Fairfax—Sugar Taco has garnered massive followings.
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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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The most anticipated restaurants coming to Long Beach in 2023
2023 is set to be an exciting year for food within the city, from Los Angeles staples creating new locations in Long Beach to local legends expanding their presence with new concepts.
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Leimert Park legend Ackee Bamboo Jamaican Cuisine hopes to open Long Beach location in May
Ackee Bamboo, one of the region's most respected Jamaican cuisine destinations, is a welcomed addition to a city that severely lacks food from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.
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Dan Modern opens for take-out and delivery, officially bringing xiao long bao and hand-pulled noodles to Long Beach
The lack of diverse Chinese offerings in Long Beach has long been one of its most glaring lacks—and a new space at the 2nd + PCH complex hopes ease that lack with its modern take on Chinese classics.
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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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Marlena, a Mediterranean concept, to take over former Russo’s space in Naples
Over four years after the Italian restaurant closed in Naples, restaurateur Robert Smith plans to turn the space into a wood-fired oven-centric restaurant.
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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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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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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...
Culture & Commentary
Meet the Mexican immigrants whose first local jobs were at Egg Heaven—and how they’re trying to revive the breakfast legend
Esperanza Trejo and Rito García came from Mexico to Long Beach, each landing jobs at Egg Heaven. Now, decades later and following a closure of the space earlier this year, they return with the hopes of bringing the breakfast legend back to life.
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East Hollywood-born chain Dave’s Hot Chicken to open Belmont Shore location
Having already opened a Lakewood location mid-pandemic, the massive, nationwide chain continues its expansion into Long Beach proper.
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Ruth’s Chris Long Beach location set to open Aug. 1
Ruth's Chris Long Beach location, the massive, high-end corporate steakhouse chain, will soon be opening come August 1.
It will be located at 180 E....
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Introducing the first tenants from Long Beach’s locally-owned ghost kitchen, Partake Collective
Long Beach's first locally-owned and -operated ghost kitchen, Partake Collective, is ready to announce its first set of tenants while hopefully welcoming more.
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Nick’s restaurant group to open South of Nick’s Mexican concept in Belmont Shore
With Nick's on 2nd down the street, Nick's Restaurant Group is looking to expand its presence—particularly in Belmont Shore—with a third location of its Mexican concept.
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From curry goat to Haitian carnitas, Cheri’s hopes to make Caribbean food in Long Beach a staple
After the closure of Callaloo on Anaheim, the need for Caribbean cuisine representation has been felt for years—and Cheri's hopes to change just that.
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San Diego fan fave Epic Wings opening first Long Beach location
Set to take over a space in Bixby Knolls, the hyper-casual wing spot has been serving San Diego for four decades.
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Bored Ape—yes, the art world’s Bored Ape—to have popup restaurant, ‘Bored & Hungry’ in Long Beach
In one of the strangest melds of food and art in quite some time, the NFT giant that is Bored Ape is stepping into the world of food thanks to local restauranteur Andy Nguyen's Bored & Hungry.
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Zankou Chicken Long Beach: coming soon to eastside
The famed L.A.-based chain is finally moving into the shores of Long Beach—well, almost: It will open in the heart of the 4th District in East Long Beach.
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Orange County staple La Super Birria to open location in North Long Beach
More birria de res is coming, including quesobirria, birria ramen, birria dips and more as the birrieria founded inside a candy shop continues to expand.
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Breakfast Bar to open Belmont Heights location on Valentine’s morning
The long-awaited replica of one of Long Beach's most beloved breakfast joints, the Breakfast Bar, is ready to open its doors in Belmont Heights, with breakfast-for-dinner hours coming in the near future.
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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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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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More Korean grub coming: Famed fried chicken chain Mom’s Touch coming to North LB
We're getting the panko-covered hot dogs. Now we're moving onto the Korean fried chicken game as Mom's Touch plans to open in North Long Beach by early 2022.
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Korean crispy hot dog chain fave Myungrang Hot Dog to open Long Beach location
They're one of the world's most loved street foods: Korean hot dogs (or what most Americans would call corn dogs)—and Long Beach will have its first formal taste of them as the insanely popular chain Myungrang Hot Dog opens its first local location.
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Former Scratch bakery space to become Speak Cheezy, extension of L.A.’s popular mobile sourdough pizzeria
Long Beach chef Jason Winters expands his mobile pizzeria—an underground hit as he drove his oven-on-wheels throughout the streets of L.A.—with a formal brick-and-mortar in the heart of Belmont Heights.
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Construction moves forward on Long Beach’s first Ruth’s Chris location, set to open in 2022
Long Beach's first Ruth's Chris location will be located near the intersection of Ocean and Pine in Downtown.
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Cajun meets smokey: The father-and-son team of Shady Grove Foods to take over Restauration space
After its previous tenant had a less-than-graceful exit from the local food scene, the prime real estate that is the former Restauration space on 4th Street is a restaurateur's dream—and the Robicheaus hope to offer something entirely different as they take over the space.
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Bungalow Kitchen opens second (and even more luxurious) location in NorCal
After opening the first kitchen spinoff of the Bungalow Lounge bar spaces in Long Beach, Chef Michael Mina and aura master Brent Bolthouse take their partnership to the next level in Tiburon.
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Restaurant group that owns El Torito and more to open corporatized taco joint in former Rock Bottom space
Xperience Restaurant Group is home to a ton of major brands, from El Torito and Chevy's to Las Brisas and Acapulco—and they hope their taco spinoff, Solita, will feel at home in DTLB.
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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.
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Famed Napoli pizzeria L’Antica expands U.S. presence by moving into Long Beach
Two years after opening its flagship California location in Hollywood, L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele will move into Long Beach, taking over the former Papalucci space in Belmont Shore.
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Tucked into a DTLB food court sits an Asian fusion joint serving sous-vide chicken and beef Wellington. (Yes, beef Wellington.)
Hidden inside this tiny restaurant lies Long Beach's best beef wellington.
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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.
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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.
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Dan Modern, a space dedicated to xiao long bao and other Chinese delights, coming to Long Beach
A quickly-expanding modern take on Chinese food that started in Pasadena as a challenge to Din Tai Fung's dominance has opted to open three...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
