Food & Drink
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.
Culture & Commentary
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.
Food & Drink
Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2024: UPDATED
If there is one thing to be said about the year of 2023, it is that it feels distinctly different than 2022: Much more optimistic, with owners and chefs alike owning their resilience, and new business bringing hope against a triptych of years before that were anything but. And with that lovely mood and aura, it is only appropriate that many are hyped for the new restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2024.
Food & Drink
Telefèric Long Beach will open ‘within a month,’ 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.
Food & Drink
Long Beach pasta is having a beautifully carby renaissance—here are the essentials
The creation and serving of Long Beach pasta—created in-house by restaurants both new and old—is having a renaissance.
Food & Drink
Seal Beach Fish Co. is the sole line-caught seafood restaurant in the region
Our neighbor to the south has some hidden gems worth exploring—Koi immediately comes to mind. So does the classic Mahe. But few are as unique as the Seal Beach Fish Co. In fact, it is the only line-caught seafood restaurant in the entire region.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
The 4th Horseman’s expansion in Downtown Long Beach cements it as one of our most distinct pizzerias
The world of Long Beach pizza is vast and fiercely competitive. Amid the stretching and proofing and topping, The 4th Horseman has managed to stand out as a horrorcore ode to the mightily humble pie.
Food & Drink
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.
