Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Wrigley’s Wicked Wolf bar to open in Spring; culinary bookstore arriving on Retro Row, 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.
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As string of break-ins affect restaurants across Long Beach area, officials ask businesses to be ‘extra vigilant’
Burglaries have hit multiple restaurant spaces across the Long Beach area—from Alamitos Beach to Lakewood, Belmont Heights to Cambodia Town—and both officials and businesses are on high alert.
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Leimert Park legend Ackee Bamboo Jamaican Cuisine hopes to open Long Beach location in May
Ackee Bamboo, one of the region's most respected Jamaican cuisine destinations, is a welcomed addition to a city that severely lacks food from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.
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Dan Modern opens for take-out and delivery, officially bringing xiao long bao and hand-pulled noodles to Long Beach
The lack of diverse Chinese offerings in Long Beach has long been one of its most glaring lacks—and a new space at the 2nd + PCH complex hopes ease that lack with its modern take on Chinese classics.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: January 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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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: La Creperie closes after 20 years, Alder & Sage opens for daytime service, more
Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city that isn't quite in need of a full feature but nonetheless worthy enough to let the community know about.
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Beachwood Brewing to shutter kitchen at DTLB location; operate solely as brewery and tasting room
The closure marks yet another hit to the Downtown, of which its businesses have been battling—both publicly and privately—keeping their patronages active.
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The 22 essential dishes from Long Beach restaurants across 2022
2022 proved to a year of gastronomical beauty for Long Beach—and there were plenty of dishes that are worth mentioning as our city continues to grow into a culinary destination.
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Marlena, a Mediterranean concept, to take over former Russo’s space in Naples
Over four years after the Italian restaurant closed in Naples, restaurateur Robert Smith plans to turn the space into a wood-fired oven-centric restaurant.
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Los Reyes del Taco Sabroso is Long Beach’s most heartfelt love letter to the mighty food of Mexico City
The Montesinos family, led by their loving and affable patriarch, Carlos Hector Montesinos García, have created a tiny-but-mighty space that offers a beautiful blend of the traditional and trendy—and therefore giving Long Beach some of its best Mexican food.
