{"id":11814,"date":"2020-01-06T10:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000006063"},"modified":"2020-01-06T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:17:33","slug":"addison-steamed-vegan-vegetarian-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/addison-steamed-vegan-vegetarian-closed","title":{"rendered":"Steamed, one of Long Beach&#8217;s oldest vegetarian spaces, closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is something to be said about Steamed, the vegetarian- and vegan-friendly joint that has spent almost a decade near the northwest corner of Third Street and Alamitos Avenue: It was the true pioneer that brought vegan food\u2014quality, decadent, addictive vegan food\u2014to the masses in Long Beach when it took over a former pot dispensary in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Those days are coming to an end as owners Stephanie and Bryan Carlough announced the closure via Facebook with uncertain hopes that they will find another location:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSteamedCuisine%2Fposts%2F2890629234321108%3A0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"571\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They largely built their reputation for being a space that never once used a microwave, fryer or grill. Even beyond the food, they taught restaurateurs (and diners) how to avoid waste: They print their menus on banana paper. All their silverware and plates are second-hand. Their to-go boxes have been compostable since day one.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Stephanie said she might plan on serving Steamed dishes at Plunge while they create a more permanent future plan for the whole of Steamed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Steamed was located at 801 E. Third St.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Addison is a columnist and editor for the Long Beach Post.\u00a0<\/em><em>Reach him at\u00a0brian@lbpost.com\u00a0or on social media at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BrianAddisonLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BrianAddisonLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/BrianAddisonLB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brianaddison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days of Steamed coming to an end as owners Stephanie and Bryan Carlough announced the closure via Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":70774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"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":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2691],"class_list":["post-11814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-restaurant-closures","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11814"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=11814"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}