Thursday, October 23, 2025

Food & Drink

Da Vien Coffee to open first Long Beach location in Cambodia Town

Da Vien Coffee, the rapidly expanding Vietnamese coffee shop brand based in Orange County, will open its first Long Beach location.

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Afro-Caribbean market, Korean grub, 99-cent tacos, night market, coffee updates, and more

Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.

Essential Long Beach coffee shops

The Long Beach coffee scene is continually evolving and changing—and with that, let's explore the best of the best of that very scene.

Steelhead Coffee (with Salud Juices attached) to take over former Viento y Agua space in Long Beach

Steelhead Coffee will expand its mini caffeinated empire as it partners with Salud Juices to take over the former Viento y Agua space in Belmont Heights.

Panamanian staple Caribbean Soul Kitchen LA to take over Taco Beach space in Downtown Long Beach

Caribbean Soul Kitchen LA will take over a 3,000-square-foot space at 211 Pine Ave., in the former Taco Beach space in Downtown Long Beach

Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: August 2025

Brian Addison's Favorite Things is a monthly list showcasing his five favorite things he has eaten in Long Beach.

Liv’s in Long Beach to relocate as lease nears end in Belmont Shore

 Liv's—the massively underrated seafood space in Belmont Shore—will be closing up shop as its lease nears an end on 2nd Street.

A look into Hao Peng You, the hyper-themed cocktail room inside Midnight Oil

Tucked into the easternmost edge of Midnight Oil is Hao Peng You, the space's newest food and drink experience, amongst an already-existing array of differing escapades.

Long Beach’s newest, queerest space—The Hare—is ready to make its debut (free pizza included)

The Hare comes from the owners of The Breakfast Bar and an overall hospitality and Gayborhood boss. Which means, yes, the space is returning to its queer roots.

Kihon remains Long Beach’s OG traditional Japanese-style sushi bar—and it’s about to evolve

Part of what makes Kihon underrated was its always-from-the-beginning refusal to follow the Long Beach script for sushi.
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