{"id":3094,"date":"2014-10-10T21:50:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T21:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/everything-good-about-orange-county-is-in-long-beach\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T21:50:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T21:50:16","slug":"everything-good-about-orange-county-is-in-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/everything-good-about-orange-county-is-in-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Everything Good About Orange County Is in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We had <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/food\/the-best-orange-county-steakhouse-in-long-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only just noticed their orange flag planted on our steakhouse of choice<\/a>,&nbsp;when further&nbsp;reconnaissance revealed the horrifying truth. Sometime in the night, <em>OC Weekly<\/em> Editor Gustavo Arellano\u2019s troops laid claim to strategic locations throughout Long Beach, in his quest to make our fair city his own.<\/p>\n<p>From the Southern Front at Naples Island to the Northern Territories of Bixby Knolls and J-Town, General Arellano&#8217;s troops are occupying our candy shops, they&#8217;re fortifying our BBQ joints, holding our drag queens captive, and they&#8217;re even taking the one thing Long Beachers hold most dear: breakfast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arellano\u2014or one of his underlings\u2014has even gone so far as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-barbecue-1900014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to insinuate that everything within 100 miles of Orange County<\/a> is now Orange County.<\/p>\n<p>The casualties so far:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-candy-shop-1899811\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Candy Shop in Orange County: Powell\u2019s in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-street-for-a-bar-crawl-1899819\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Street for a Bar Crawl in Orange County: 4th St. in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-gay-bar-1899832\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Gay Bar in Orange County: Mineshaft in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-martini-1899838\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Martini in Orange County: Paradise Piano Bar in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-neighborhood-bar-long-beach-1899847\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Neighborhood Bar, Long Beach in Orange County: Reno Room in Long Beach<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-shot-1899853\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Shot in Orange County: Fuego in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-halal-chinese-restaurant-1899867\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Halal Chinese in Orange County: Nomad Asian Bistro in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-pie-you-can-only-get-in-a-narrow-window-between-fourth-of-july-and-labor-day-1899991\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Pie You Can Only Get In a Narrow Window Between Fourth of July and Labor Day in Orange County: Jongewaard\u2019s Bake-n-Broil in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-breakfast-1899996\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Breakfast in Orange County: Breakfast Bar in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-barbecue-1900014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best BBQ in Orange County: Robert Earl\u2019s in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-art-museum-1899090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Art Museum in Orange County: MOLAA in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-indie-film-theater-1899400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bets Indie Film Theater in Orange County: Art Theatre in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-drag-show-1899424\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Drag Show in Orange County: Dreamgirls Revue at Mary\u2019s in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-karaoke-spot-1899425\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bets Karaoke Spot in Orange County: Alex\u2019s Bar in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-vintage-store-1900138\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Vintage Store in Orange County: inRetrospect in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-manicure-pedicure-1900142\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Manicure\/Pedicure in Orange County: Hey, Nice Nails! in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-parade-1900245\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Parade in Orange County: Long Beach Gay Pride in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-folk-act-1899088\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Folk Act in Orange County: Bearcoon of Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/bestof\/2014\/award\/best-tattoo-parlor-1900104\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Tattoo Parlor in Orange County: Port City Tattoo in Long Beach<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It should be noted, however, that not everyone in his ranks is on board with Arellano&#8217;s belief in his own Manifest Destiny. <em>OC Weekly <\/em>Readers&#8217; Choice winners show more of a trend toward hometown pride:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Gay Bar: VLVT Velvet Lounge<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Martini: Mastro\u2019s Steakhouse<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Breakfast: The Original Pancake House<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best BBQ: Lucille&#8217;s Smokehouse Bar-B-Q<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Art Museum: Bowers Museum<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Indie Art Theater: The Frida Cinema<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Karaoke: Woody&#8217;s Wharf<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Vintage Shop: Dee-Lux<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Best Manicure\/Pedicure: Ritz Nails Salon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, Long Beach&#8217;s own counter-mission to infiltrate the Orange Curtain is going as planned; Readers&#8217; Choice winner The Frida Cinema in Downtown Santa Ana is under the control of one of LB&#8217;s top sleeper agents, Long Beach Cinematheque Founder and Director Logan Crow.<\/p>\n<p>Death before dishonor, Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Previously:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/food\/the-best-orange-county-steakhouse-in-long-beach\/\">The Best Steakhouse in Orange County is in Long Beach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #a83b1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"food\/2000004614-the-best-orange-county-steakhouse-in-long-beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only just noticed their orange flag planted on our steakhouse of choice<\/a>, when further&nbsp;reconnaissance revealed the horrifying truth. Sometime in the night,&nbsp;<em>OC Weekly<\/em>&nbsp;Editor&nbsp;Gustavo Arellano\u2019s troops laid claim to strategic locations throughout Long Beach, in his quest to make our fair city his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":68372,"comment_status":"open","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":[1304],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-oc-weekly","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","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=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}