{"id":1435,"date":"2017-05-03T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2017-05-03T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T20:00:15","slug":"long-beach-foodie-update-padre-set-to-launch-new-menu-mezcalero-upstairs-vegan-brunch-and-bbq-coming-to-dtlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/long-beach-foodie-update-padre-set-to-launch-new-menu-mezcalero-upstairs-vegan-brunch-and-bbq-coming-to-dtlb","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Foodie Update: Padre Set to Launch New Menu, Mezcalero Upstairs; Vegan Brunch and BBQ Coming to DTLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Want to see all our Long Beach Foodie Updates? <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2rL7U2a\">Click here to scroll through the archives.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">****<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Brian Addison.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just the awesome\u00a0mural being painted in the back lot Padre (525 E Broadway) in DTLB that the restaurant is updating itself with.<\/p>\n<p>Mezcalero, a sister bar to the original Mezcalero in DTLA, will be opening upstairs in the coming weeks while Padre will debut an entirely new menu thanks to Guadalajaran Chef Manuel Ba\u00f1uelos. I am going to remain mum on his story and menu items until my feature about him in\u00a0<em>LA Weekly\u00a0<\/em>comes out in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1626.JPG-300x294.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" \/>Meanwhile, franchise chain D&#8217;s Barbecue Pit will be moving right next door to franchise chain Jimmy John&#8217;s (421 W Broadway) in DTLB&#8217;s Gallery 421 complex on Broadway. The joint, with hundreds of locations across the States, is your fast casual BBQ (and something I strongly dissent against when you have Robert Earl&#8217;s BBQ in North Long Beach and Bigmista&#8217;s in Lakewood Village).<\/p>\n<p>Y&#8217;know how we keep saying that Long Beach is becoming the region&#8217;s Vegan Capitol? Yeah, that concept keeps getting stronger as DTLB&#8217;s Ahimsa (340 E 4th St.) debuts its Sunday brunch menu this weekend, May 7:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pancakes topped with walnuts, strawberries and blueberries, maple syrup and butter (whip cream available upon request). Served with your choice of hash browns or fruit.<\/li>\n<li>Tofu scramble topped with avocado, and served with sourdough toast. Your choice of hash browns or fruit.<\/li>\n<li>Breakfast sandwich with bacon, egg, cheese, and veggie cream cheese on a bagel or English muffin. Served with your choice of hash browns or fruit.<\/li>\n<li>Breakfast burrito with tofu scramble, spinach, cheese, potato, avocado, and tomato wrapped in a red bell pepper tortilla. Served with your choice of hash browns or fruit.<\/li>\n<li>3 grain oatmeal topped with assorted fruits and nuts. Plain Bagel w\/ plain or veggie cream cheese. Served with a side of tomato, avocado, and cucumber.<\/li>\n<li>Avocado toast served on pumpernickel bread, and topped with spices, sunflower seeds, and arugula.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to see all our Long Beach Foodie Updates? Click here to scroll through the archives. **** Photos by Brian Addison. 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