Long Beach Food Scene
Craft Beer LB Fest—the unlimited-pour festival defined by Long Beach culture—returns
When it comes to the independent Long Beach beer scene, Craft Beer LB Fest is an essential cog—with its founder, Dennis Trilles, at its epicenter.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: NYC-style chopped cheese hope; Battambong BBQ hits four 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.
Events & Festivals
This Long Beach pizza tour visits four pizzerias in a double-decker booze bus
Come Sunday, Sept. 22, a red double-decker bus will come to pick up a crew for the inaugural Long Beach Pizza Tour.
Long Beach Food Scene
Shirley’s Temple, Long Beach area’s sole zero-proof bar, will permanently close on Sept. 29
Shirley's Temple owner Essie Evans has decided to cut operating days to Thursdays through Sundays. And, unfortunately, this will be until the mocktail space's final day on Sunday, Sept. 29.
Long Beach Food Scene
Roadkill Long Beach is a hidden country bar in Rosemallows—red Solo cups and all
Well, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee—or more like Downtown—Roadkill Long Beach is a hidden country bar inside Rosemallows.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: More closures, openings across city; Queen Mary seeks exec chef; 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.
Long Beach Food Scene
Albert’s Petite Sweets: How a Filipino chocolatier chose Long Beach as his home
In one very quick year, Albert's Petite Sweets has grown from a kitchen-based passion into a full-fledged chocolatier business.
Long Beach Food Scene
OBRA HandBakery—Long Beach’s king of baked empanadas—shares the love South America and the Carribean
OBRA Handbakery is the undisputed king of empanadas in Long Beach, having built up a decade-long patronage.
Long Beach Food Scene
Open Sesame re-introduced Lebanese food to Long Beach 25 years ago—and it is still going strong
For restaurateur and Open Sesame owner Ali Kobeissi, knowing his Lebanese staple in Belmont Shore is about to surpass a quarter of a century of serving the community makes him "feel quite old."
Long Beach Food Scene
The Vintage LBC in Bixby Knolls is, oh, so much more than a cheese shop
The Vintage LBC comes off as a cheese shop—and indeed, it is. But it is much, much more than that: it's a sandwich shop. Wine bar. Market. Hang-out space. It's all around pretty damn awesome.
