Food & Drink
Mendocino Farms to open first Long Beach brick-and-mortar at LBX
Mendocino Farms—the beloved, chef-driven sandwich shop born in Los Angeles back in 2005—is finally opening a proper brick-and-mortar in Long Beach.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Walt’s Wharf prepares to reopen; Wicked Wolf unveils summer menu; 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.
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 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.
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Tragically gorgeous, gorgeously tragic: The incredible story behind Long Beach’s wildly popular Zuzu’s Petals
Zuzu's Petals—Long Beach's (rightfully and) wildly popular brunch space on the easternmost edge of DTLB—is surely surrounded by beauty.
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Coming soon, Long Beach: Lima Cebichería Peruana, from the owners of acclaimed Sushi Nikkei
Lima Cebichería Peruana, a new concept moving into the former Chicken University space in Bixby Knolls, is coming from the owners of the rightfully acclaimed Sushi Nikkei.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Taste of DTLB kicks off; coffeeshop-meets-billiards club 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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OBRA HandBakery to expand into Santa Ana (and no, their Long Beach location is not closing)
OBRA HandBakery—the Latin American-centric bakery serving up some of the city's best savory and sweet goods—has finally found a second home. And as with any Long Beach-birthed brand, that is worth celebrating.
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Beachwood Distilling’s updated cocktail program proves it’s one of Long Beach’s most unique drink spaces
Beachwood Distilling's new cocktail menu—headed by Long Beach bartending veteran and simply-great-human-being Sarah Foss—beautifully amalgamates the space's desired evolution and its customer base.
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FIRST LOOK: Inside Long Beach’s floating-seats, on-the-water, rent-a-duffy bar and restaurant, Nigel’s
Nigel's in Long Beach is ready to take passengers aboard come late June, when its water-facing facade debuts to its first array of public patrons.
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Hartland’s, Long Beach’s best-view-of-the-ocean restaurant, goes all brunch, all day
Hartland’s, Long Beach's perched-above-the-ocean, tucked-away sibling of Belmont Shore favorite Liv’s from chefs Rob White and Kristine Schneider, is opting for all-day brunch.
