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A new pizza parlor opens in Belmont Shore from the people behind Anna’s Joint
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (654+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post Restaurants have always been a big part of Curtis Fullerton's world. When he was around 7 years old, his mom opened the popular brunch restaurant Schooner or Later and changed the trajectory…...
Mo Stewart is serving family-style Texas barbecue, with recipes from his grandma, on 4th Street
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (600+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post A few months ago, people lined up down the block for a taste of Maurice "Mo" Stewart's Texas-style barbecue. His business, Brother's Keeper BBQ, had gained a following as a pop-up…...
LA's best new Peruvian restaurant is hiding in a Lakewood backyard
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (626+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post This article was originally published by LAist on Feb. 25, 2026. Since launching in January 2019, L.A. County's Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) program has issued more than 200 permits, transforming residential kitchens into licensed restaurants....
A Long Beach woman began cooking free meals out of her home. Now she’s feeding hundreds.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (756+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post A few months ago, when federal food assistance lapsed during the October government shutdown, a 57-year-old acupuncturist named Ellisa Alvarez made a simple offer of kindness on social media. Alvarez, a…...
Acai and smoothie bar opens in Bixby Knolls from the owners of Cassidy’s Corner Cafe next door
3+ week, 1+ day ago (455+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post When Lucy Taing-Cheam's parents arrived in Long Beach as refugees from Cambodia in the '80s, their focus was survival. In practice, that meant a lot of affordable, sometimes less-than-healthy carbs on the…...
The Melt, Luna Grill, Urbane Café coming to new restaurant space in East Long Beach
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (292+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post Four new restaurants are coming to the Bixby Village Plaza shopping center near Cal State Long Beach. California Fish Grill, The Melt, Luna Grill and Urbane Caf" will all open "later…...
Long Beach coffee shop closes after being ordered to pay $65,000 in back wages
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (626+ words) A cafe that called itself the oldest coffee shop in Long Beach's East Village closed abruptly last month after a judge ruled it owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages to former employees. Previously called the Village Grind…...
All Amazon Fresh grocery stores to close, including Long Beach location
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (139+ words) Citing the lack of a strong market for its physical stores, Amazon announced today it will shutter its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go locations, including roughly two dozen in California, and focus instead on its growing grocery delivery service. The…...
After a drunk driver killed his girlfriend, boyfriend opens coffee shop honoring her memory
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (807+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post On Oct. 2, 2022, Tommy Le's life was shattered. While driving with his girlfriend, Reinne Lim, the couple was struck head-on by a drunk driver going the wrong way on the freeway. Lim…...
Serving snapper, jerk chicken, oxtail, Panama International Restaurant is open downtown • Eat. See. Do.
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (532+ words) The arts & culture section of the Long Beach Post Stuck in their apartment during the pandemic, Mercedes Squires and her husband, Roger, started cooking more food that connected them to their roots in Panama and the Caribbean. Then, when Squires…...