Food & Drink
Playa Amor, one of Long Beach’s most respected Mexican restaurants, up for sale as 2nd and PCH evolves
Opening in 2016 to acclaim, Playa Amor helped redefine what Mexican cuisine could represent in SoCal.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Otosan closes; Nothing Bundt Cakes to take over former Polly’s space, and 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
Meet the woman trying to connect her community with chefs and cooking skills—steak dinner coming up for LB Food Scene Week
Abbey Metcalf ditched her corporate job mid-pandemic to focus on something more fulfilling—a discovered food is the best conduit for human connection.
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The mole negro Thomas Keller has shipped from Oaxaca? Lola’s will be serving it for LB Food Scene Week
One of the world's most respected culinary gifts, mole negro Oaxaqueño is one of the most complex sauces on the planet—and Lola's will be offering a version shipped directly from one of Oaxaca's most respected chefs.
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OC-based Chicken University opens its first location in Bixby Knolls
Opening its first location in Fullerton in 2017, Chicken University became an instantaneous hit, garnering over 100,000 followers on Instagram and constant lines of students seeking decadent fried fusion offerings.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Beach Hut Deli to open in DTLB; White Wasabi 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
Long Beach’s Tacos La Carreta named one of the best tacos in L.A. by Bon Appétit
After winning big at LA TACO's 2023 TACO MADNESS, Tacos La Carreta has been named one of the region's best place for tacos by Bon Appétit.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: July 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.
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As 4th Street continues its beautiful evolution, business district hires first executive director
After decades of no business association at all to being able to hire its first full-time executive director, 4th Street is evolving into the corridor it always wanted to be.
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Pickle Banh Mi harbors the spirit of its Vietnamese women founders—and they’re ready for the shop’s grand opening in Long Beach
Created by the spirit of a mother and her sister —and continuing to be fueled by a daughter and son—Pickle Banh Mi is not just an ode to the mighty Vietnamese sandwich but to the resilience and empowerment of Vietnamese women.
