Events & Festivals
Tasso, cochon de lait, crawfish boil: Ten Mile Brewing to host mini-Cajun festival with Battambong BBQ and Shady Grove Foods
Ten Mile will have tasso and cream pizza and killer shrimp. Battambong will have a crawfish boil and Asian-Cajun dirty rice. Shady Grove Foods will have smoked meatloaf and gumbo ya-ya. What is there not to love?
Food & Drink
Win~dow burgers, Marufuku Ramen, and yes, a dog bar are coming to San Pedro’s West Harbor development
From ramen and Venice's famed Win~Dow smash burgers to a food space meant for dogs and their owners and a 20,000-square-foot beer garden, San Pedro's West Harbor project is getting some stellar culinary culture.
Events & Festivals
‘Our dream was stolen:’ Egg Heaven abruptly closes amid clash between current operators, past owner and landlord
Egg Heaven is now experiencing its second closure since the pandemic amid accusations of deceit, a lack of follow-through, and clashes between those running the space and those who own it.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach Beer Lab to close out LA Beer Week with ‘Crispy bois only,’ all-you-can-drink beer festival
Long Beach Beer lab will close out L.A. Beer Week (which is bring one of the largest beer festivals in the state) with a stellar, crisp-beers-only festival.
Food & Drink
Essential Long Beach cocktail menus: 2023 Edition
Long Beach's cocktail and mocktail game has never been stronger, with bar managers and tenders creating a new era of hospitality and drinkability. Here are some of the best shining throughout the city.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sugar Taco to open June 5; Rascals to close; 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.
Events & Festivals
Ammatolí’s chef Dima Habibeh to host collab dinner with famed Jordanian, Top Chef winner Ali Ghzawi
Chef Dima Habibeh of Ammatolí and Chef Ali Ghzawi of Alee—named one of the 50 best restaurants in the entirety of the Middle East/North Africa region by World's 50 Best—have decided to meet for a collaboration dinner that Long Beach is unlikely to see again soon.
Food & Drink
Gaucho Grill’s beach concept to open on sands of Long Beach in summer; new look at interior
After years of setbacks, the largest of the beach amenity upgrades—those at Alamitos Beach—will have its tenant, Gaucho Grill, finally open this summer.
Food & Drink
Beloved Long Beach Indian restaurant Appu’s Cafe to soft open second location on June 3
After eying multiple spaces—including a potential DTLB location—Appu's Cafe has settled on an East Long Beach location for their second space.
Food & Drink
Queen Mary’s beloved Observation Bar & Chelsea Chowder Bar reopen; Sir Winston’s reopening pushed to 2024
The art deco masterpiece that is the Observation Bar, along with the ship-window lined chowder hall, have been both popular and cherished—and haven't seen the appearance of patrons since the beginning of the pandemic.

