Food & Drink
The Social List’s dedication to Halloween is ghoulishly sip worthy
The vibe is certainly one that stands out on 4th Street: jack-o-lanterns hang across the parklet, the skeletons of former Yelpers and Karens drape the walls, the hats of witches sway from the ceiling with the disco ball...
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Bartenders Guild closes a gap in the local hospitality industry that’s existed for too long
Yes, amid the tables lined with pours of various tequilas and mezcals from Nosotros—a tequileria and mezcaleria that has bases in both Jalisco and...
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Altar Society soft opens; Cookie Plug to expand into LB; 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
Utopia in Downtown Long Beach to shutter after nearly 25 years as a restaurant
Utopia, the Mediterranean-meets-Italian restaurant at the northwest corner of 1st Street and Linden Avenue in DTLB, will be closing its doors after 24 years of service. Their last day of service will be Oct. 28.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: L’Antica in Shore, Beachwood at 2nd & PCH opening in coming months; 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
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.
Food & Drink
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.
Food & Drink
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.
