Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Johnny Rockets shutters; Taste re-opens in Belmont Heights; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: July 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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With Second Owl, the Owl Owl team takes Thai and Lao food to innovative heights
For Chef Regan Chantrirak—who, with his wife Pason, opened The Second Owl in Belmont Shore—the journey to what he feels is a "proper space to experience the food of our cultures" isn't just a story of evolution.
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Amid controversy, Viento y Agua to shutter after 20-plus years of serving Long Beach
Viento y Agua will be closing its doors at the end of this month after serving the Belmont Heights community for over 20 years.
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After four decades, Colonial Bakery permanently shut down following vermin infestation
After four decades under its current ownership and nearly 100 years of operation as a brand, Colonial Bakery has permanently closed.
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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.
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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.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: #9 Pho to permanently close; Afro-Caribbean market coming to Broadway; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s CoffeeDrunk collabs with Ambitious Ales to get you, well, actually drunk
Long Beach coffee powerhouse CoffeeDrunk—now four locations deep—has collaborated with Ambitious Ales—serving up some of the city's finest brews for six years straight—to, well, get you actually drunk.
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Immigrant-owned LaMon Bakehouse wants to meld European and Filipino flavors with Long Beach style
For Monica Recio, the owner of the petite (but with punch) LaMon Bakehouse on Broadway near Temple Avenue, baking began long before she ever stepped into a professional kitchen.
