Saturday, January 24, 2026

Food & Drink

Drinks that defined Long Beach’s food scene in 2024

The Long Beach cocktails of 2024 proved one thing: Our drinking game and our bar talent have never been stronger.

20 years in, Auld Dubliner is an immigrant’s social and spacial sonnet to both Long Beach and Ireland

With an immigrant's love (and longing) for their home, Long Beach was introduced to the Irish pub in a way that few cities have the privilege of experiencing.

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Rosemallows hosts last days of service; Amorcito shutters; 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.

A farewell to Congregation Ale House—and a history of Long Beach’s long support of independent beer

Congregation Ale House, Downtown Long Beach's staple independent beer pourer and pub, is officially no longer.

Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: Dec. 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.

Breakfast Dreams—Long Beach’s most underrated breakfast popup—has new residency at Salud

Chef Josh Haskal's Breakfast Dreams is back in Long Beach with a regular residency at Salud on 4th Street.

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sonoratown open late on Friday, Saturday; 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.

Beloved independent brewer Brouwerij West to permanently shutter operations in ‘a month or two’

Now, Brouwerij West, the San Pedro brewery that brought mixed-fermentation brews to SoCal, is shuttering after nearly nine years of serving the community.

San Pedro Fish Market to return to Pedro waterfront, open new location in Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf

San Pedro Fish Market has big news: It returns to its roots as a San Pedro harbor-facing restaurant and will open another location in Monterey's famed Fisherman's Wharf.

Mangia 562: Meet the Long Beach food lovers delivering warm lasagnas to those who deserve it

Manga 562 has one simple goal. To deliver a par-cooked tray of lasagna to a person or family whose peers think they're deserving of it.
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