Culture & Commentary
West Long Beach staple Gemmae Bake Shop officially takes over a fire station in Bixby Knolls
After months of negotiations with the City—including its Cultural Heritage Commission—it official. Filipino staple Gemmae Bake Shop will move into the now-abandoned Fire Station 9 in Bixby Knolls.
Food & Drink
From Mexico to Perú: The serendipitous birth of West Long Beach’s Casa Chaski’s
Casa Chaski's in West Long Beach is the result of Chef Agustín Romo's dedication to Comida Peruana and the mighty west coast country of...
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Milk Barn Pizza & Dairy returns; North LB gets Honduran grub; 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
Sprouts to open new grocery market by Long Beach traffic circle Oct. 11
Sprouts Long Beach, the latest location from the farmers market inspired grocer, will be opening Oct. 11.
Food & Drink
RightMealz—from feeding the NFL to feeding Long Beach—proves healthy food can avoid, well, being boring
RightMealz, the Downtown eatery that is a meals-to-go spot-meets-coffeehouse-meets-restaurant, is slowly building a name for two things. One is creating healthy food that goes...
Food & Drink
Speak Cheezy’s love letter to Hawaiian shave ice is your new favorite Long Beach sweet
Chef Jason Winters of Speak Cheezy has done something he has long wanted to do: Offer Long Beach its best and only version of the famed Hawaiian shave ice.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Royal Indian Curry House finds new home in DTLB; new coffee joint coming to Wrigley; 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
Crumbl Cookies is opening a Long Beach location—but has the hype died?
Crumbl Cookies, the massive Utah-based cookie chain that has opened over 1,000 locations since 2017, is finally coming to Long Beach. The new location will be next to Trader Joe's in the Marketplace complex at the southeast corner of Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street.
Culture & Commentary
Watch Me Sports Bar—Long Beach’s first space dedicated to women’s sports—to open July 26
Watch Me Sports Bar (stylized Watch Me!)—which took over the former Playa Amor space earlier this year—will officially open Friday, July 26 at 4PM. And with that opening, brings Long Beach its first space solely dedicated to women's sports.
Food & Drink
Seal Beach Fish Co. is the sole line-caught seafood restaurant in the region
Our neighbor to the south has some hidden gems worth exploring—Koi immediately comes to mind. So does the classic Mahe. But few are as unique as the Seal Beach Fish Co. In fact, it is the only line-caught seafood restaurant in the entire region.
