Food & Drink
Zaferia’s Hideaway closes permanently to make way for Colombian concept Selva
The steakhouse that helped lift the Zaferia's dining scene is closing—and its owner is hoping a new concept will do the same.
Food & Drink
DTLB’s Burger Daddy closes permanently, reopening prime restaurant real estate
The city's first and sole restaurant dedicated to the katsu burger has permanently closed after just two years of being open—a possible reflection on the long-term effects of those who have fought the pandemic for two years.
Food & Drink
The underrated food coming out of the underrated Zaferia gem that is Commodity
Chef Josh Haskal has been directly involved in nearly every aspect of food hospitality—be it managing the former Beer Belly to bartending to cooking—but his talents shine best when he has the right partnership, like that with Commodity.
Food & Drink
The last Indian hold in DTLB: Amid few office workers and landlord issues, Fresh Kabobs closes permanently
For over a decade, Rafi Kahn and Raza Pir of Fresh Kabobs has been filling the much-needed-to-be-filled lack of Indian food in Downtown while riding the roller coaster that was being a tenant inside City Place—and that tenure is now coming to an end.
Food & Drink
Essential Long Beach restaurants to kick off 2022
The past two years have been extraordinarily pressing on practically every facet of human life—and that includes our restaurant and hospitality community. The stories behind these restaurants are just as great as their food and they each deserve an uplift.
Food & Drink
More Korean grub coming: Famed fried chicken chain Mom’s Touch coming to North LB
We're getting the panko-covered hot dogs. Now we're moving onto the Korean fried chicken game as Mom's Touch plans to open in North Long Beach by early 2022.
Food & Drink
Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: December 2021
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
Fear not, they’re not closing: Hof’s Hut in Long Beach to undergo remodel
Since the string of Hof closures that started in the early 2010s to make way for more of the company's Lucille's BBQ brand, locals have feared the sole Long Beach location would face the same fate. But fear not.
Food & Drink
Popeyes to open location on Bluff Heights edge at 3rd & Redondo in Long Beach
As #Popeyesgate continues to perpetually haunt me, the opening of the Louisiana chicken chain in Bluff Heights is actually a smart move.
Events & Festivals
Korean crispy hot dog chain fave Myungrang Hot Dog to open Long Beach location
They're one of the world's most loved street foods: Korean hot dogs (or what most Americans would call corn dogs)—and Long Beach will have its first formal taste of them as the insanely popular chain Myungrang Hot Dog opens its first local location.
