Food & Drink
OC fave Ham ‘n Scram to open first Long Beach location April 1
One of Orange County's most beloved breakfast spots—started by a father-and-son team in 2010—is opening its first location beyond the Orange Curtain.
Food & Drink
Ambitious, LB Beer Lab, Ten Mile win big at statewide Brewers Cup
The annual competition is one of California's most prestigious in terms of beer—and breweries representing Long Beach showed strong in 2023.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Food Summit coming in April; Fire Wings opens; Plancha 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
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: March 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
Under the Sun—one of Long Beach’s pioneering vegan spaces—will close permanently after March 17
The DTLB raw vegan food venture launched by Rainbow Juices owners Chrissy Cox and Dawna Bass, Under the Sun, will have its last day of service come March 17.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Cena Vegan to open in Partake; Alder & Sage tests dinner service, 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.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The cringey and strange tale of how Lucille’s Smokehouse created a fictitious Black woman for their brand
In a move that echoes the controversy surrounding Quaker Oats's creation of Aunt Jemima, Lucille's proudly admitted to creating Lucille Buchanan, a fictitious Black woman from South Carolina which inspired their barbecue. Come the BLM protests of 2020, the restaurant removed the entire story without a word.
Food & Drink
Ten Mile Brewing already serves great beer—but they also serve Long Beach’s most underrated pizza
Father-and-son team Dan and Jesse Sundstrom have created a brewery that has won them some of the most distinguished awards in the industry—and now, Jesse is tackling one of the city's most-loved sectors of food: pizza.
Events & Festivals
This six-chef, eight-cocktail dinner in Long Beach will explore dishes from all 32 Mexican states—yes, 32
Headed by Chef Ulises Pineda-Alfaro of El Barrio Cantina and the pastor pirates that are husband-and-wife team Elvia Huerta and Alex Garcia of Evil Cooks, this will truly be a dinner unlike any other—nor as big.
Food & Drink
Wide Eyes Open Palms, the queer women-owned 4th Street gem, continues to shine
Wide Eyes Open Palms owners/team/couple/badasses Kat McIver and Angie Evans faced hefty struggles during the pandemic, paring down their menu—but with an expanded team and induction burners on, they're ready to return to their roots as one of the city's best brunch spaces.
