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Selva unveils fall menu & cocktails, uplifting Colombian cusine in Long Beach

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Selva's fall menu beautifully reflects not just the season but Chef Carlos Jurado's consistent strive to be exceptional.
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Essential Long Beach pasta restaurants

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The creation and serving of Long Beach pasta—created in-house by restaurants both new and old—is having a renaissance.
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Lucky Cat hosts a deeply personal menu, bringing the most exciting food out of Long Beach

Lucky Cat—the restaurant pop-up from Allison and Chef Vasili Tavernakis—is churning out Long Beach's most exciting food.
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Underrated Long Beach restaurants: 2026 Edition

Here is Brian Addison's annual underrated Long Beach restaurants list—not necessarily the best, but certainly worth a look at.
Long Beach Food Scene

Port City Tavern resurrects Dead Man’s Cove as Long Beach embraces its holiday takeover era

Port City Tavern—the Every Man’s Bar of Zaferia—has once again surrendered itself to pirates for its Halloween takeover.
Long Beach Food Scene

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Kelly’s steakhouse reopening; Ground Hideout break-in; more

Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
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Culture & Commentary

Chapel Tattoo, Long Beach’s latest shop, wants to keep it old school

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Joshua Blevins of Chapel Tattoo Parlour has a vision that a tattoo shop can become part of a neighborhood’s daily life.
Culture & Commentary

Meet the dad that turns his Long Beach home into one of SoCal’s best haunts

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Fairbrook Manor—Robert Duck’s annual transformation of his family’s home in East Long Beach—is one of the city's best Halloween haunts.
Culture & Commentary

Annual Long Beach tradition of screening original ‘Nosferatu’ with live score returns

The Art Theatre in Long Beach is marking Halloween tradition with a screening of the original "Nosferatu" with a live score.
Culture & Commentary

Fairmont Breakers in Downtown Long Beach scores coveted Michelin Key status

Less than two years after reopening, Fairmont Breakers Long Beach has received one of the hospitality industry’s most coveted distinctions: a Michelin Key.
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Urbanism & Development

Shoreline Village is being revamped. Here’s what’s going on, Long Beach.

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Work is now underway at Shoreline Village to revamp the retail and dining complex in DTLB, which hasn't been updated since it opened in 1982.
Urbanism & Development

Finally: Part of Colorado Lagoon project reopens for East Long Beach

Cars and bikes can once again cut through the Colorado Lagoon thanks to the reopening of a street on the project's northern edge.
Urbanism & Development

New concrete curb-protected bike lane on Clark Avenue in Long Beach

The city of Long Beach recently completed phase 1 of its Clark Avenue Complete Street Project.
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Events & Festivals

Hot Wheels to bring life-size cars & 45-foot stunt loop to Long Beach Arena

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The Hot Wheels Stunt Show is coming to the Long Beach Arena for three performances on March 26 and 27, 2027.
Events & Festivals

Chef Danny Le of Chez Bacchus wins 2026 Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe competition

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After a tournament among eight Long Beach chefs, Chef Danny Le of Chez Bacchus won the second annual Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe.
Events & Festivals

Sake Day—the most underrated festival in the city—returns to Long Beach

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Sake Day returns to Long Beach for its fourth iteration on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the historic Rancho Los Cerritos.
Events & Festivals

Olive & Rose, Lemongrass Khmer Grill take top prizes at annual Burger Bash competition

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Olive & Rose and Lemongrass Khmer Grill took home the top prizes at the second annual Burger Bash hosted at Selva.

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