Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Cafe shutters after three decades of diner service
Long Beach Cafe, the steadfast diner that has served DTLB for over three decades, has permanently shuttered. It makes way for what will likely be a sale of the property for future development.
Long Beach Food Scene
Chef Philip Pretty takes sandwich game to new heights with Heritage
Note: All pictures were photographed using social distancing standards. Chef Pretty was asked to remove his mask for a photo before putting it back...
Long Beach Food Scene
Rasselbock owner to open new space, Wood & Salt, in Bixby Knolls
After announcing the opening pre-pandemic, owner Björn Risse is ready to open Wood & Salt Tavern in Bixby Knolls.
Long Beach Food Scene
Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2020 Edition
Brian Addison's annual list of the most underrated Long Beach restaurants continues with the 2020 Edition on Longbeachize.
Long Beach Food Scene
Wanting to share their home, La Chancla serve up guisado-style tacos to Long Beach
The key point to La Chancla—the tiny-but-mighty taco space inside the Northgate complex at 10th Street and Cherry Avenue—are guisados. And for the first time, Long Beach has a space dedicated to these magical little style of serving up taco fillings.
Long Beach Food Scene
Lupe’s is Chef Jason Witzl’s masterful ode to mariscos in Downtown Long Beach
Lupe's, the latest concept from Chef Jason Witzl of Ellie's, is a wondrous mixture of dreams, memories, travels, and, well, damn fine cooking.
Long Beach Food Scene
The Hideaway is Chef Art Gonzalez’s gorgeous ode to old-school steakhouses
The Hideaway—Chef Art Gonzalez's gorgeous ode to old-school steakhouses—opens in Long Beach's Zaferia district.
Long Beach Food Scene
Pulpo tacos and mole-drenched duck: Chef Luis Navarro takes Lola’s back from the basics
Lola’s is the ongoing love letter of Chef Luis Navarro, who, after years of giving to his city, finally remembered to give something back to himself.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach’s oldest vegetarian space, Steamed, closes
Long Beach's oldest vegetarian space, Steamed, has permanently shuttered with hopes to reopen.
Culture & Commentary
Stop calling your food ‘Nashville hot’ when it’s not—because there’s history there
The first time I ever had Kim Prince’s Nashville hot chicken—she’s the niece of André Prince Jeffries, the matriarch behind Nashville’s iconic, James Beard...
