Food & Drink
Nonna Mercato returns with summer dinner service—and proves they make some of the best pasta in Long Beach
Yes, Nonna Mercato is back with dinner service via its Summer Nights series on June 20, which debuted last year to merited applause.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s most beloved tiki bar, Bamboo Club, continues to evolve
If there’s one space that embodies Long Beach’s long-standing flirtation with tiki culture, it’s The Bamboo Club. Full stop.
Food & Drink
Three decades in, Belmont Shore’s Stroll & Savor returns to fill Long Beach stomachs
Belmont Shore's Stroll & Savor is a Long Beach tradition—and it returns Wednesday, June 18 and Thursday, June 19 from 5:30PM to 9PM nightly.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Walt’s Wharf prepares to reopen; Wicked Wolf unveils summer menu; 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.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 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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Tragically gorgeous, gorgeously tragic: The incredible story behind Long Beach’s wildly popular Zuzu’s Petals
Zuzu's Petals—Long Beach's (rightfully and) wildly popular brunch space on the easternmost edge of DTLB—is surely surrounded by beauty.
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Coming soon, Long Beach: Lima Cebichería Peruana, from the owners of acclaimed Sushi Nikkei
Lima Cebichería Peruana, a new concept moving into the former Chicken University space in Bixby Knolls, is coming from the owners of the rightfully acclaimed Sushi Nikkei.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Taste of DTLB kicks off; coffeeshop-meets-billiards club coming; 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
OBRA HandBakery to expand into Santa Ana (and no, their Long Beach location is not closing)
OBRA HandBakery—the Latin American-centric bakery serving up some of the city's best savory and sweet goods—has finally found a second home. And as with any Long Beach-birthed brand, that is worth celebrating.
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Beachwood Distilling’s updated cocktail program proves it’s one of Long Beach’s most unique drink spaces
Beachwood Distilling's new cocktail menu—headed by Long Beach bartending veteran and simply-great-human-being Sarah Foss—beautifully amalgamates the space's desired evolution and its customer base.
