Food & Drink
Essential dishes from Long Beach restaurants in 2023
Brian Addison and James Tir pair up for a collaborative list exploring 50 of their favorite dishes they ate across 2023.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Pan to move out of BK; Vibes on Peninsula permanently closes; 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
Sushi Nikkei’s anniversary in Belmont Shore expresses such an essential part of Long Beach’s food story
The story of Sushi Nikkei is the story of not just one individual but of many: People brought to a space that wasn't their own and learning acceptance—and it is why the Michelin-recognized food of Sushi Nikkei is such an important cog of the Long Beach food scene, particularly when it comes to celebrating the first anniversary of its second location in Belmont Shore.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: La Traviata opens new casual concept; new Indian eatery and birrieria coming; 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 popup Axiom BBQ temporarily closes amid concerns over numbers, search for brick-and-mortar
Is there something up with the state of barbecue in Long Beach? In a deep sense of irony, following Shady Grove's frustration with their own brick-and-mortar that almost led to their closure and their return to the popup scene, barbecue popup Axiom BBQ announced this will be their last weekend serving "for a while."
Food & Drink
Michelin-recognized Chef Imran Ali Mookhi to open Desi-focused Shor restaurant in Hawaiian Gardens (premium mocktail bar included)
In Fullerton, Chef Imran Ali Mookhi—the chef behind Fullerton's Michelin-recognized Khan Saab—will be opening his Desi-focused Shor restaurant in Hawaiian Gardens come 2024.
Food & Drink
Open bar and fireworks? Bungalow Long Beach to host first NYE party—becoming what it’s always wanted to be
At long last, the party it has always intended to throw is to become a reality at Bungalow Long Beach, as it will host an open bar with full view of the fireworks to be shot off at Alamitos Bay for the lounge's New Year's Eve party.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach’s Shady Grove Foods said they were closing—so the mayor visited them with hope
The response to the future closure of Shady Grove Foods led to enormous online vitriol toward the City's handling of small business—leaving Mayor Rex Richardson no choice but to meet with them one-on-one to offer help and hope.
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: December 2023
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
Long Beach’s ISM Brewing introduces its food (including $15 sandwich’n’beer lunch combos and $1 wings)
ISM Brewing has begun to serve food in the hopes that people will not only visit during all hours but that it will attract both worker and visitors to Downtown.
