Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Food & Drink

Your essential guide to the taco stands of Long Beach—especially al pastor

With his first piece for Longbeachize, Derek Kozaites takes us on a journey through Long Beach's endlessly growing taco stand scene.

Long Beach Taco and Tequila Festival moves to DTLB this weekend—here are your must-visits

The festival returns to celebrate tequila, the great state of Jalisco, and of course, tacos.

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Additional restaurants burglarized; Kinokawa 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.

Seabirds, Holé Molé join second string of burglaries at Long Beach restaurants; owners asked to be ‘on alert’

Two restaurants and a bar on 4th Street in Alamitos Beach join seven other burglaries that occurred in the month of June alone across the city.

Sura’s savory, summer offerings give Long Beach the full glory of the almighty cold noodle

Cold noodles are a staple throughout the entirety of the Korean food diaspora—and Sura brings that tradition to Long Beach, steel bowls and all.

As Long Beach’s cocktail scene grows, why events like Tropical Shakedown become essential (and outright badass)

Tropical Shakedown—an event by the peeps at Long Beach Bartenders Guild and Don Papa distillery—is just one example of why our city's cocktail scene deserves to be uplifted.

Yes, Chef: This Long Beach baker made customized cookies for some of the folks behind ‘The Bear’

Alenni Chitwood went from innocently baking cookies for her kid's first birthday to having clients ranging from Lexus and Barbie to none other than FX's monumental restaurant drama, "The Bear."

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Local Spot is not closed (despite rumors); Cheko El Rey is closed; 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’s Fluffy Sno-Balls named 5th best frozen treat shop in country, #1 in California by Yelp!

The loved'n'hated aggregator Yelp! has continually shown love for Long Beach—but to have an frozen treat shop represented is a first. And yes, we're happy it's Black'n'queer-owned.

Lauded mariscos joint Cheko El Rey del Sarandeado closes permanently in Long Beach

Led by Chef Sergio Peñuelas and owner Kenia Monrroy, Cheko El Rey del Sarandeado represented the cuisine of Sinaloa on a level before unseen in Long Beach.
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