Food & Drink
Marlena’s brunch proves why it is Long Beach’s best new restaurant
Marlena—one of Long Beach's newest restaurants from newly minted restaurateur Robert Smith, Chef Michael Ryan, hospitality maestro Debra Zelenka, and cocktail connoisseur David Castillo—has quickly garnered a loyal legion of patrons.
Food & Drink
Free shots, swag, secret tiki bartender: This Downtown Long Beach bar crawl explores all the right spots
A food group of 60,000 members and a five-destination Downtown Long Beach bar crawl. What could possibly go wrong?
Food & Drink
This free talk and zero-proof tasting will explore levels of sobriety in the Long Beach bar scene
The Long Beach Last Call tasting and discussion will explore what it means for a worker to be a part of an industry that is largely dedicated to serving alcohol and how that worker can not only practice various levels of sobriety should they feel they are slipping into darkness but healthily continue to work in the industry they love.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Oaxacan food, bundt cakes, closures, 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
In much needed expansion of the Black food scene, Taste of the Caribbean opens in Long Beach
Chef Bernard James, who started his Taste of the Caribbean food truck back in 2014 before opening Hollywood's sole brick-and-mortar dedicated to Caribbean food, has officially opened up shop in East Long Beach.
Food & Drink
El Barrio in Long Beach shares history with Mexican joints stretching back to 1950s
Yes, El Barrio took over the dive that was Ashley's, much to the cry of its patrons—but it's grown as a community staple and, even more, shares an interesting history with Mexican food.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach Last Call celebration of bar industry continues through Mar. 10
From industry only events and parties aboard the Queen Mary to dive bar bingo and proper Irish coffee lessons, Long Beach Last Call will celebrate the bar culture in a way no event has.
Food & Drink
Essential cocktails to drink during Long Beach Last Call
We have a lot going for our inaugural Long Beach Last call celebration but it isn't, of course, just about the events. It's also about the incredible, for-this-event-only creations that some of our city's most talented mixologists have concocted that also deserve some spotlight.
Food & Drink
Marlena’s cocktail program marks return of one of Long Beach’s finest bartenders
Marlena bar manager David Castillo is essentially working with an entirely blank slate–but he wants to return to honoring the history of cocktails with his Long Beach Last Call menu.
Food & Drink
The Attic’s (underrated) cocktail program stands on par with its (still underrated) food in Long Beach
The Attic in Long Beach has been consistently evolving—but that effort has seen its largest transformation across the past few years. Its stellar cocktail program is no exception.
