{"id":32293,"date":"2022-11-09T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/the-habit-burger-grill-to-open-second-location-in-east-long-beach"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:31:58","slug":"the-habit-burger-grill-to-open-second-location-in-east-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/news\/business\/the-habit-burger-grill-to-open-second-location-in-east-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"The Habit Burger Grill to open second location in East Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California-based chain The Habit Burger Grill will open its second location in East Long Beach on Nov. 16 near The Traffic Circle.<\/p>\n<p>The burger joint, which boasts more than 300 locations across the county, will be taking over the site of a former Burger King at 4542 Pacific Coast Highway.<\/p>\n<p>The new location will offer takeout and dine-in services, along with a self-serve kiosk. It will also include a drive-thru and delivery options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Habit was born in California and even though we&#8217;ve expanded throughout the U.S. and overseas, there&#8217;s always an extra level of excitement when we open another restaurant in our home state,&#8221; Iwona Alter, the restaurant&#8217;s chief brand officer, said in a statement. &#8220;No matter how many new locations we open, our team goes above and beyond to ensure our signature craft never wavers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Habit is recognized for its smoky flavors that are the result of an open-flame sear, which earned them a place on Thrillist\u2019s list of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/eat\/nation\/best-burger-chains-underrated\">Underrated Burger Chains that Need to be in Every State!<\/a>&#8221; in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s not officially open to the public until Nov. 16, some diners will have the opportunity to eat free burgers up to four days before the launch.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of its grand opening in Long Beach, the new location will host a &#8220;Free Charburger Day&#8221; VIP event on Nov. 12, where the first 200 CharClub or mobile app members will be eligible to receive a free freshly made Charburger, fries and drink.<\/p>\n<p>Another two VIP events, &#8220;Free Habit Day,&#8221; will take place on Nov. 14 and 15. The first\u00a0200\u00a0CharClub or mobile app members will be eligible to receive a meal of their choice from a pre-set menu.<\/p>\n<p>Each VIP event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u00a0To receive an invite to the VIP events, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.habitburger.com\/longbeach\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ihDlVnHFVG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbbusinessjournal.com\/news\/business\/small-business\/ruths-chris-steak-house-now-open-in-downtown\">Ruth\u2019s Chris Steak House now open in Downtown<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Ruth\u2019s Chris Steak House now open in Downtown&#8221; &#8212; Long Beach Business Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/lbbusinessjournal.com\/news\/business\/small-business\/ruths-chris-steak-house-now-open-in-downtown\/embed\/#?secret=OAX6UNuvXL#?secret=ihDlVnHFVG\" data-secret=\"ihDlVnHFVG\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Habit is opening up a new location next week at PCH and Ximeno where there used to be a Burger King.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":72180,"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":[30481],"tags":[31962],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32041],"class_list":["post-32293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-new-restaurant","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32293","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\/293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32293"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=32293"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=32293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}