{"id":87008,"date":"2025-09-18T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=87008"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:02:54","slug":"these-smashburgers-are-so-socal","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/these-smashburgers-are-so-socal","title":{"rendered":"These smashburgers are so SoCal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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The Long Beach small business community suffered an unfortunate loss this week with the passing of Steve Mintz \u2014 the owner of Bagatelle Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1977, the city’s oldest record store has stood on Atlantic Avenue near East Third Street with a neon musical note sign welcoming visitors. While Fingerprints got most of the attention just two blocks away, Bagatelle had a wealth of vintage vinyl from the 1950s through the \u201970s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As the proud owner of Bagatelle Records, [Steve] lived for good music, good company, and always speaking his mind (whether you asked for it or not),” his family shared in a post announcing his passing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One commenter on the post recounted his conversations with Steve, who would advise him on what jazz record to listen to with his dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He was a wealth of great musical knowledge,” the commenter wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a memory about Steve Mintz or Bagatelle Records? Please hit reply on this email or send it to jacob@lbpost.com<\/a> to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What food says SoCal more than any other? Beasties says it\u2019s their Mexican smashburgers<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Latino Restaurant Week Returns<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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A burger dipped in queso?! Over-the-top or just right? Check out more from the menu at Beasties<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including Dark Harbor opening night and a massive beach cleanup<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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LA28 Announced Tickets for 2028 Olympics and Paralympics, here’s how to get them<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Theater news: Legendary performer Sandra Bernhard on \u2018mood swings, madness and mayhem\u2019<\/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 The Long Beach small business community suffered an […]<\/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-87008","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\/87008","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":7,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/87008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87023,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/87008\/revisions\/87023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87008"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=87008"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=87008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}