{"id":85779,"date":"2025-05-15T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=85779"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:47:09","slug":"a-slice-or-chop-of-new-york-in-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/a-slice-or-chop-of-new-york-in-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"A slice (or chop) of New York in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Has The Ocky Way<\/a> come across your feed? It’s one of the reasons the classic New York chopped cheese sandwich is having a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentially, it’s the channel of a New York bodega owner who went viral after posting his outlandish sandwich creations online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since gaining notoriety, celebrity visits have ranged from musician Ed Sheeran to retired NFL quarterback Eli Manning. It’s hard to describe what makes these videos so infectious, but how could you not click on a video titled “Blueberry French toast pancake omelette the OCKY wayyy.<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s all in the classic griddle-top style of the chopped cheese sandwich that’s a staple in NYC. And now \u2014 if The Ocky Way<\/a> has you hungry to create your own sandwich, you’re in luck: Our food feature this week is about NYC Chop Cheese<\/a>, the newest spot to grab a bite on Retro Row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NYC Chop Cheese brings New York specialty sandwiches to Fourth Street<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Long Beach State’s men’s volleyball team held a victory parade Downtown to celebrate their fourth national championship in program history. Watch here.<\/a> And read about how they pulled it off here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Still can’t quite visualize how a chopped cheese is made? Check it out here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including the Pride Parade and a youth poetry contest<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Theater News: \u2018Steel Magnolias\u2019 set to grace the Long Beach Playhouse stage<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Long Beach Pride is this weekend; here\u2019s the lineup, including drag queens, DJs and a George Michael tribute band<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Eat. See. Do. Your weekly guide to restaurants, bars, art, culture, music and events in Long Beach. FOOD MUSIC ART INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE Has The Ocky Way come across your feed? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","disable_auto_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32198],"tags":[],"newspack_nl_advertiser":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-85779","newspack_nl_cpt","type-newspack_nl_cpt","status-publish","hentry","category-newsletters","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/85779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/85779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85794,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/85779\/revisions\/85794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85779"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=85779"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=85779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}