Food & Drink
Restaurant group that owns El Torito and more to open corporatized taco joint in former Rock Bottom space
Xperience Restaurant Group is home to a ton of major brands, from El Torito and Chevy's to Las Brisas and Acapulco—and they hope their taco spinoff, Solita, will feel at home in DTLB.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: October 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.
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Bring on the botanas: El Barrio Cantina in Long Beach brings eclectic menu and ambition to former Ashley’s space
Chef Ulises Pineda-Alfaro and his fellow partners, Joe Lin and Jesse Duron, are no strangers to the food game—but their ambitions with their new Long Beach joint are much bigger than anything they've tackled before.
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SQIRL founder Jessica Koslow to partner with Long Beach’s Bake ‘N Broil for collaboration
The Los Angeles powerhouse is going to collaborate with the Long Beach legend not out of forced hand but because of a deeply personal connection to one of the region's most beloved diners.
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Famed Napoli pizzeria L’Antica expands U.S. presence by moving into Long Beach
Two years after opening its flagship California location in Hollywood, L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele will move into Long Beach, taking over the former Papalucci space in Belmont Shore.
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With chef competitiveness at a pandemic high, Chef Jason Witzl returns to old-school Italian
As kitchens reopen to a capacity they haven't seen since before the pandemic, some chefs are aiming high—but Chef Jason Witzl is returning to the simplicity of old-school Italian cuisine.
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Rose Park Roasters expands caffeinated empire with third location in Downtown Long Beach
Taking over the former Cuppa Cuppa space in Downtown's historic Cooper Arms building, Rose Park just nabbed not only its second DTLB location but arguably one of the most precious outdoor patios in the urban fabric of Downtown.
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A Beautiful Disaster: How the pandemic made Bungalow Long Beach pivot from lounge to full-blown kitchen
The Bungalow Kitchen wasn't always supposed to be, well, a kitchen. Co-owner Brent Bolthouse has long had Michelin Star-winning Chef Michael Mina as an investor and friend, but the Bungalows remained largely lounge spaces where food played second fiddle and Mina was an advisor. Here's how the pandemic changed all that.
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Tucked into a DTLB food court sits an Asian fusion joint serving sous-vide chicken and beef Wellington. (Yes, beef Wellington.)
Hidden inside this tiny restaurant lies Long Beach's best beef wellington.
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Rose Park on Pine (re)introduces the divine food of Chef Melissa Ortiz
With dinner launching tonight, Rose Park in DTLB is finally becoming the bistro it always wanted to be—with food that pushes the boundaries of what Long Beach is culinarily thanks to Chef Melissa Ortiz.
