Friday, December 26, 2025

Culture & Commentary

Long Beach’s love of special dinners—collabs, tasting menus, and more—is altering the food scene

Special dinners are popping up consistently around Long Beach, offering diners a distinctly unique perspective on where our food scene is and where it is going.

After community outrage over ICE snatching, a loved immigrant restauranteur returns home in Long Beach

Babbljit “Bubbly” Kaur has returned home after being taken in by ICE mid-immigration appointment.

A tiki cocktail legend moves on: Dustin Rodriguez leaves Long Beach’s Bamboo Club

Dustin Rodriguez, the man who defined the cocktail program at Long Beach's Bamboo Club, has left the space.

From the LA Kings to Maxx Crosby, everyone loves Downtown Long Beach’s Santa Run & Plunge toy drive

Right Mealz's Santa Run & Plunge in Downtown Long Beach is funny, festive, cold, chaotic, and incredibly heartfelt.

Restaurateurs and community members speak out in support of upping Long Beach efforts in quality of life issues

Over 20 restaurateurs and community members support an agenda item examining a look into Long Beach's approach to public safety and quality of life issuess.

This Long Beach duo led the city to its first Michelin star. Now, they want to tackle sustainability.

Chef Philip Pretty and Lauren Michaelis of the Full Belly food group want to alter the way restaurants consume food.

Vinyl love: Massive annual record swap art Alex’s Bar in Long Beach continues

Thanks to Lauren Snook's pop-up, Collectng Dust, we have a record swap in Long Beach at Alex's Bar come Nov. 29, from 1PM to 6PM.

Mötley Crüe’s ‘Carnival of Sins’ is first show announcement for Long Beach Amphitheater

It’s officially happening: the Long Beach Amphitheater—think Greek Theatre in scale, Hollywood Bowl in aesthetic—is moving forward after securing its final approval from the...

For the love of Long Beach, do not name our upcoming baseball team the *^&!ing Coast or Parrots

Voting for the name of Long Beach's upcoming professional team ends Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hop on it before we end up regretting it.

The most Long Beach ending: Chef Luis Navarro wins inaugural Grand Prix Fixe competition

In what could only be described as the most Long Beach ending ever to the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe chef competition, long-standing veteran Chef Luis Navarro of Lola's took home the win against Chef Maxwell Pfeiffer of Sky Room.
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