Food & Drink
Chef Philip Pretty of Heritage Long Beach’s second restaurant? It’s in a place as surprising as it is cool
Chef Philip Pretty—riding high on the city's first Michelin Star given to his Heritage Long Beach space that he shares with his sister and co-owner Lauren—is opening a second concept, Olive & Rose, in the former City Center Motel at the southwest corner of 3rd Street and Atlantic Avenue.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Beer Lab’s move into Zaferia reminds the city they’ve always been fermenting pioneers
Long Beach Beer Lab—birthed in Wrigley, now with a sister in the Zaferia District, also home to the Long Beach Bread Lab—has long been a leader in fermentation and bread-making but is often dismissed or outright ignored in the larger conversation surrounding the city's growing reputation as a sourdough-y, bread-birthing center.
Food & Drink
Speak Cheezy’s kinda-New Haven, sorta-cold cheese pie is one of the best in the Long Beach pizza scene
In what is undoubtedly a renaissance within the Long Beach pizza scene, Chef Jason Winters has created the thin-crust, cheese pizza of our dreams at Speak Cheezy.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Ackee Bamboo slowly inching to open; Nook, Moonbridge open; 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
Long Beach’s ReMix Kitchen Bar to partner with ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ runner-up Chef Benvenuti in hopes to permanently rebrand space
ReMix Kitchen Bar, the fusion cuisine space at Long Beach Exchange, is looking to do a massive rebrand that will hopefully become permanent: Bringing...
Food & Drink
Port City Tavern’s literary-centric cocktail menu proves its one of Long Beach’s coolest bars
From "Catcher in the Rye" and "Curious George" to "Holes" and "The Hobbit," Port City Tavern's latest cocktail menu is an ode to literature.
Culture & Commentary
Maritime Bicycle Courier—Long Beach’s sole bike deliverer—quietly and permanently shutters business
Long Beach has officially lost one of its most unique (and green) businesses: Maritime Bicycle Courier, the nearly decade-long delivery service that used bicyclists, has permanently shut down.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Walt’s Wharf catches fire; former Octopus space back up for lease; 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
EA Seafood Restaurant is the old-school Cantonese neighborhood space Long Beach longs for
Walking into EA Seafood Restaurant—the Cantonese joint that overtook the former Kinokawa space after it permanently shuttered in July of 2023—I was immediately stopped...
Food & Drink
Long Beach late night food scene: The Ordinarie creates an ode to post-partying munchies
Still recovering from the absurdity that is Miracle—where bartenders and kitchen staff saw records being broken nearly weekly in sales—The Ordinarie Executive Chef Nick DiEugenio and his kitchen have created a late night bites menu that is nothing short of an ode to the post-partying munchies.
