{"id":89605,"date":"2026-08-06T14:23:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=89605"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:46:48","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-steak-freaks","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/the-rise-and-fall-of-steak-freaks","title":{"rendered":"The rise and fall of Steak Freaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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When I first heard of Long Beach’s new Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation law \u2014 which legalized selling food out of your home \u2014 I didn’t expect it to look like a fine dining experience in someone’s living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that’s what happened, at least for a while. Check out our video<\/a> on Steak Freaks showing how a chef and ceramics artist tested the bounds of the new rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Long Beach legalized home restaurants; a chef quickly pushed the idea to its limit<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Meet Ari, the first penguin chick to be raised and displayed at the Aquarium of the Pacific in eight years. Watch here<\/a> for more from the young penguin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Secret romance gets a twist in Long Beach Shakespeare Company\u2019s \u2018Cyrano de Bergerac\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a huge horror convention and a high-seas murder mystery<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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LA Olympics tickets are back on sale next week. Here\u2019s what you need to know<\/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 When I first heard of Long Beach’s new […]<\/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":[32200],"tags":[],"newspack_nl_advertiser":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-89605","newspack_nl_cpt","type-newspack_nl_cpt","status-publish","hentry","category-eat-see-do","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89605","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\/89605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89635,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89605\/revisions\/89635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89605"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=89605"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}