Long Beach Food Scene
Queens on the Queen: Jewels Long Beach brings The Queen Mary its first formal drag show
Jewels Long Beach has never been one to shy away from a challenge: Surely, she's hosted gigs aboard The Queen Mary and surely, she has hosted many a drag shows at clubs, dives, and various dark alleys across Long Beach. But one thing she hasn't done is a formal drag show on the biggest queen in town—and that is all about to change when she hosts the aptly named Queens on the Queen drag show come Monday, June 10 at 6PM.
Long Beach Food Scene
Gardena fave Borjstar Shawarma Shop to open in Downtown—officially marking the Long Beach shawarma wars
In a former world where Open Sesame and Gypsy were the dominant owners of the shawarma game in Long Beach, Hague (yes, the Netherlands)-based Borjstar Shawarma Shop—set to take over the form Utopia space in the East Village Arts District— a new influx of Levantine and Mediterranean inspired joints have hit the scene and, in all frankness, altered it in ways that are only for the better.
Events & Festivals
75+ breweries. 150+ beers. LA Beer Week’s Independent Beer Fest in Long Beach is massive
As with last year, where thousands descended upon Shoreline Aquatic Park in Downtown Long Beach, LA Beer Week and its Independent Beer Fest will once again invade Downtown Long Beach with the largest beer festival in SoCal. Come Saturday, June 15, the festival will bring over 75 breweries from the region and over 150 different beers with them.
Long Beach Food Scene
Trademark Brewing celebrates five years of brewing’n’community (mechanical bull included)
Trademark Brewing—after opening in an old auto shop after four years of searching for a home for their brewery—will be celebrating their fifth anniversary come Saturday, June 1.
Long Beach Food Scene
Meet the Sicilian godmother of Long Beach, feeding us one arancini and cannoli at a time
She calls herself the Godmother of Long Beach, a Palermo-born mother who has decided post-divorce to do one pretty wild endeavor: Park herself at the southeast corner of Ocean Boulevard and Bennett Avenue, pop up a tent, set up a frier and stovetop, and serve up massive balls of arancini, stuffed-to-order cannolis, and more.
Long Beach Food Scene
Guisados Long Beach opens today with limited hours test run
Guisados Long Beach will open today at 10AM, with breakfast served through noon, and completing off lunch until 3PM.
Events & Festivals
How Long Beach Beer Lab’s Clean & Crispy Beer Fest is more about community than obscure beers
Outside of the massive Lagerville in Ventura, Long Beach Beer Lab's annual Clean & Crispy Beer Fest is the region's largest festival dedicated to light, refreshing beers—and with its return on Saturday, June 22, brings with it the idea that craft beer can move beyond the niche and into the communal.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Rubio’s, Dave’s Hot Chicken likely to close in Belmont Shore; 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
Playa Amor to close, host last week of service; women’s sports bar concept to take over
Playa Amor, the lauded Mexican-American restaurant from Chef Thomas Ortega, will likely be serving its last week of service as the space is readying to be occupied by what will be a women's sports-centric concept. Service is expected to run through May 31.
Long Beach Food Scene
Long Beach BBQ Festival is stacked with some of the finest—and this is the local couple behind it
As the second annual Long Beach BBQ Festival approaches its day of taking over Shoreline Aquatic Park this Saturday, May 25, Longbeachize and Brian Addison have partnered with the festival to highlight some the local talent being featured at the festival. Today, we focus on the incredible couple behind the whole festival, Qiana and Ian Mafnas.
