Food & Drink
The storied history of the woman behind Long Beach’s best gumbo joint, Sal’s Gumbo Shack
"Sal's Gumbo Shack started because someone got tired of a company thinkin' they knew what they hell they were doing. Sal's Gumbo Shack started...
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: September 2023
Brian Addison's 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 first full-on vegan deli, The Plant Butchers, set to open Oct. 1 in DTLB
The plans from The Plant Butchers are ambitious, from a full array of vegan meats and cheeses to sandwiches and canned sauces—a welcomed addition to a scene that includes vegan pioneers like Seabirds and wildly inventive creatives like Chef Soozee Nguyen from Wild Chive.
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Long Beach’s first distillery, Portuguese Bend, files for bankruptcy
It marks the final chapter and unfortunate demise of what was advertised as an achievement in Long Beach's culinary and drinking scene: Our city's first grain-to-glass distillery.
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Breakfast Dreams, the breakfast popup at Rose Park in DTLB, is the stuff of, well, dreams
Breakfast Dreams, a two-day-a-week residency at Rose Park on Pine, fills a much-missed gap in the coffeehouse's offerings.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Kidz on Coffee moves; Handy’s Smoked Meats up for sale; 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
Behind the tradition of the chile en nogada at Lola’s in Long Beach
For Lola's co-owner Luis Navarro, serving up a variety of dishes that go beyond the stereotypical view Americans often have of Mexican food has long been in his repertoire—and the tradition of offering up chile en nogada has been one that is over a decade old at Lola's.
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FIRST LOOK: Nonna Mercato takes on brunch in Bixby Knolls
Chef Cameron Slaugh's Italian heritage is fully taken on in Nonna Mercato's inaugural brunch menu—a concept that has been a year in the making.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: George’s Greek Cafe sells DTLB location; Zankou opening this month; lots 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
What to (unquestionably) eat during LB Food Scene Week
The Longbeachize crew has been working for months on LB Food Scene Week—and Brian Addison here with his top personal choices on where to eat.
