Food & Drink
¡Toma!, taking over former Lupe’s space in Downtown Long Beach, aims for summer opening
Cheers for Downtown Long Bech: Toma (stylized ¡Toma!) will be opening its doors within the coming months inside the former Lupe's space.
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: June 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.
Food & Drink
FIRST LOOK: Hartland’s opens with rare, perched-above-the-beach experience in Long Beach
Restaurateur and chef Rob White just announced he would be taking over the former Plunge space at 1900 Ocean with a new concept. And is now ready to debut Hartland's for the Long Beach food scene—complete with utterly gorgeous views of the coastline.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Knead Donuts to open Signal Hill location; Chipotle to open soon in BK; 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
Pancho’s Long Beach isn’t under new ownership; it was formally passed to family
Pancho's Long Beach—the Mexican restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway just south of Clark Avenue—recently posted a notice of change in ownership. That prompted some concern that the family had somehow but pushed out of the business. But fear not: Pancho's Long Beach is very much remaining in the hands of the Flores family.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024 kicks off with over 50 restaurants participating
It is with great pride that I announce Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024 will kick off come Aug. 9 through Aug. 18—and will feature the city's best restaurants as over 50 spaces have confirmed their participation for the second year of the annual event.
Food & Drink
Baby Gee Bar and new summer menu reflect this Long Beach gem beyond the accolades
Baby Gee Bar has had many reasons to celebrate—they've been recognized not just once but twice by the coveted and prestigious Spirited Awards while co-owner and lead bar maestro Gianna Johns scored recognition from the respected Star Chefs earlier this year—but when it comes down to it, they're a Long Beach bar through and through.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ficklewood up for sale; District Wine celebrates 14 years; 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
Queens on the Queen: Jewels Long Beach brings The Queen Mary its first formal drag show
Jewels Long Beach has never been one to shy away from a challenge: Surely, she's hosted gigs aboard The Queen Mary and surely, she has hosted many a drag shows at clubs, dives, and various dark alleys across Long Beach. But one thing she hasn't done is a formal drag show on the biggest queen in town—and that is all about to change when she hosts the aptly named Queens on the Queen drag show come Monday, June 10 at 6PM.
Food & Drink
Gardena fave Borjstar Shawarma Shop to open in Downtown—officially marking the Long Beach shawarma wars
In a former world where Open Sesame and Gypsy were the dominant owners of the shawarma game in Long Beach, Hague (yes, the Netherlands)-based Borjstar Shawarma Shop—set to take over the form Utopia space in the East Village Arts District— a new influx of Levantine and Mediterranean inspired joints have hit the scene and, in all frankness, altered it in ways that are only for the better.
