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Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ají, Recreational score legacy status; Buffalo Wild Wings to close; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Long Beach Food Scene
The Attic in Long Beach wants you to properly experience the wonders of absinthe
The Attic will be doing tableside absinthe service for Long Beach Last Call 2026, leaning into its New Orleans roots more than ever.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: February 2026
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.
Long Beach Food Scene
After testing the waters, BBQ pop-up star Brother’s Keeper to soft open in Long Beach Feb. 12
BBQ fans rejoice: Pitmaster and Brother's Keeper BBQ owner Maurice "Mo" Stewart will soft open his location on Thursday, Feb. 12, at noon.
Events & Festivals
Ten Mile’s stacked lineup for Cajun Food Fest 2026: Battambong BBQ, Shady Grove Foods, Sal’s Gumbo Shack, SnoCorner
Cajun Food Fest 2026 is coming Feb. 7 to Ten Mile Brewing, Long Beach—and its lineup is stacked.
Long Beach Food Scene
Sal’s Gumbo Shack to shutter Bixby Knolls space, keep North Long Beach shop open
Sally Bevans, the owner of the beloved Sal's Gumbo Shack in Long Beach, has decided to close her Bixby Knolls location.
Long Beach Food Scene
Panxa takes on new chef—and wants to introduce him to Long Beach
After a decade of celebrating the food of the much-missed Chef Arthur Gonzalez, Panxa is now looking to a new leader in the kitchen with the hiring of Chef Richi Ramirez.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Intel: Whole Foods is not coming to Gayborhood, Yelp’s strange best taqueria list, more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Long Beach Food Scene
Yes, OMG Burgers has the best cheesesteak in Long Beach—but it has much, much more
When Valerie Page and her husband Billy opened OMG Burgers & More in Belmont Heights earlier this year, they weren’t just bringing cheesesteaks and water ice to the city.
Long Beach Food Scene
Ten Mile Brewing expands food offerings (and into O.C. with full restaurant)
Ten Mile Brewing—the medal-grabbing brewery that might be in Signal Hill but is undoubtedly thoroughly Long Beach—has long been experimenting with food. They were...
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: April 2025
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: Feb. 2025
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Walt’s Wharf inches toward reopening; Tantulum celebrates 20 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Your guide to Long Beach holiday drinks and food: 2024 Edition
Much to the pleasure of spook lovers, we are witnessing a horrifying growth in Long Beach holiday drinks and food menus this year—more than any year previously.
Long Beach Food Scene
The Attic happily skips the warm in favor of the bright for holiday cocktail menu
The Attic on Broadway has unveiled its holiday cocktail menu, joining the wonderful plethora of spaces that are partaking in creating holiday menus.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Miracle at The Ordinarie returns to Downtown Long Beach with new drinks (Christmasaurus mug included)
Miracle at The Ordinarie has officially returned to Downtown Long Beach, bringing SanTaRex, Christmasaurus, Krampus, lights, booze, and plenty of holiday cheer.
Long Beach Food Scene
Broken Spirits in Long Beach goes all-in on ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’-themed holiday dinners
Broken Spirits Distillery in Downtown Long Beach is getting into the holiday spirit with not jingly bells but in a more macabre way.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: Oct. 2024
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Your guide to Long Beach Halloween drinks and food: 2024 Edition
Much to the pleasure of spook lovers, we are witnessing a horrifying growth in Long Beach Halloween drinks and food menus this year—more than any year previously.
Long Beach Food Scene
SnoCorner Halloween beignets: The cutest spooky eats in Long Beach
Three words: SnoCorner Halloween beignets. Oh yes, Long Beach, our finest purveyor of New Orleans sweets has taken their locally famous beignets to the dark depths of utterly horrifying... Cuteness.
Long Beach Food Scene
ISM Brewing and the return of pub food: Scotch, pickled, and deviled egg offerings rock
Pickled. Scotch. Deviled. Deviled Scotch. Eggs galore for ISM Brewing's awesome new menu items.
Long Beach Food Scene
This Long Beach whiskey dinner sends you home with a bottle of single-barrel bourbon
A Long Beach whiskey dinner that lets you walk away with your own bottle of proprietary, single-barrel Woodford Reserve? Oh yes.
Long Beach Food Scene
The Panxa Hatch chile roast tradition returns this weekend (Speak Cheezy pizza collab included)
The Panxa Hatch Chile Roast Festival—an annual tradition started by Chef Art Gonzalez and his wife, current owner Vanessa Auclair—returns this weekend, Sept. 14 and 15.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: July 2024
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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...
Long Beach Food Scene
The Attic’s (underrated) cocktail program stands on par with its (still underrated) food in Long Beach
The Attic in Long Beach has been consistently evolving—but that effort has seen its largest transformation across the past few years. Its stellar cocktail program is no exception.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: January 2024
Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Two new vegan restaurants open; Sushi Nikkei expands hours in 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: October 2023
Brian Addison's monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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...
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: September 2023
Brian Addison's monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Events & Festivals
Tasso, cochon de lait, crawfish boil: Ten Mile Brewing to host mini-Cajun festival with Battambong BBQ and Shady Grove Foods
Ten Mile will have tasso and cream pizza and killer shrimp. Battambong will have a crawfish boil and Asian-Cajun dirty rice. Shady Grove Foods will have smoked meatloaf and gumbo ya-ya. What is there not to love?
Long Beach Food Scene
Famed Memphis fried chicken shop Gus’s permanently shutters Long Beach location
It was Long Beach's formal introduction to Memphis hot chicken—and honestly deserved more time to become as consistent as its Arlington Heights sister in Los Angeles.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: September 2022
Brian Addison's monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: July 2022
Brian Addison's monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he is mowing down and gulping through in Long Beach—and it's not always new items but it's definitely never repeated things from previous months.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
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.
Long Beach Food Scene
FireBird—the Nashville hot chicken staple—to close Long Beach location
FireBird, the space which can easily be pinpointed as the heart of the Nashville hot chicken craze that eventually saw a seemingly endless amounts of mimics invade the city, will be closing its Long Beach doors on September 26.
Culture & Commentary
Stop calling your food ‘Nashville hot’ when it’s not—because there’s history there
The first time I ever had Kim Prince’s Nashville hot chicken—she’s the niece of André Prince Jeffries, the matriarch behind Nashville’s iconic, James Beard...
