Food & Drink
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.
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El Barrio Cantina updates menu, leaning into folding influences into Mexican cuisine (including sushi rolls)
Continuing to meld the worlds he that influence him, Chef Ulises Pineda-Alfaro pushes El Barrio Cantina into the future.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Fronk’s, Hug Life permanently close; Taste to reopen; more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
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Stuffed between two bars in West Long Beach, Black Pork is a multi-cultural food gem
Black Pork owners Veronica Lopez and Luis Mendiola have created a West Long Beach food space unlike any other.
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Tanuki Curry House brings a glorious, proper Japanese curry to Long Beach
Tanuki Curry House brings the type of curry that is found on nearly every street corner in Japan—think CoCo Ichi or Hinoya—in all its glory.
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Loquat Oysters at the Bixby Park Farmers Market serves up Long Beach’s best oysters
Tucked into the weekly Bixby Knolls Farmers Market on Saturdays, Loquat Oysters serves up Long Beach's finest array of bivalves.
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The Ordinarie brings back original chef to slowly change menu—including new brunch offerings
The Ordinarie brunch (and regular) menu reflects some changes you might have noticed. This is due to the return (as a consultant) of former head chef Chelsea Arrizon (formerly McNeill)
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Long Beach staple Chinitos returns—moving beyond the tacos and aiming for the proper, OG lunch plates
Chinitos has officially returned—but it comes without the tacos that came to define it and instead, offers "OG" lunch plates.
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Vegan Filipino bakery San & Wolves was always destined for Long Beach
For San & Wolves owners Kym Estrada and Arvin Torres, the bakery's mission is simple: To be as inclusive as possible with its vegan offerings.
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Bar Becky’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ alumni dinner proves it’s Long Beach’s most underrated dining space
Bar Becky—Chef Johnathan Benvenuti's massively underrated space over at East Long Beach's LBX retail complex—brought together a powerhouse of a "Hell's Kitchen" alumni crew for a multi-course dinner.
