Friday, February 13, 2026

Food & Drink

Legendary Long Beach cupcakery Frosted turns 20—and rightfully so

Frosted, the Long Beach-based cupcakery that sits in the heart of Belmont Shore, is celebrating a milestone few small businesses—let alone a bakery focused on cupcakes—achieve. And that is 20 years in the business.

Antica Cafe opens in Belmont Shore with a bit of community, compassion, and caffeine

L'Antica da Michele—the Naples-birthed concept that opened its first Long Beach location at the beginning of 2024—has officially opened its Antica Cafe concept.

Long Beach’s ISM Brewing scores gold for ‘Chepedelic’ IPA at Great American Beer Fest

ISM Brewing was the only Long Beach brewery to score any medal, let alone a gold for its Chepedelic IPA at this year's Great American Beer Festival.

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.

Cambodian-owned Burd Chicken Rice to take over Yang Chow 2.0 space in Long Beach

Burd Chicken Rice, launched by Dee Meas, a Cambodia-born entrepreneur and former real estate professional in West Covina, will come to Long Beach.

One of Long Beach’s best bakeries, Foodologie, just introduced a drink line

Foodologie, Maria Leyesa's vibrant bake shop just off the maindrag of 2nd Street in Belmont Shore, is doing its largest menu expansion in years thanks to a new array of drinks.

Yang Chow to close Long Beach location—and what it says about outside brands moving in

Yang Chow 2.0—the surprisingly middling concept from the owners of the original legend of Chinatown in DTLA that opened in 2019—will be closing.

Sunrise Shack Hawaii to open first Long Beach location near LBCC

Hawaii-based Sunrise Shack will be expanding Stateside by opening a space in Long Beach.

Long Beach’s Port City Tavern converts to ‘Dead Man’s Cove’ for Halloween

Port City Tavern is sticking to its nautical roots for the Halloween season. Diving right into their "Dead Man's Cove" pop-up.

Sorry Not Sorry Creamery moving into former Sweetfin space in Long Beach

Sorry Not Sorry Creamery—the ice cream brand famous for using dairy from a century-old farm—will be taking over the former Sweetfin space in Belmont Shore.
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