Over the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 of you came to our Facebook page and voted for your favorite people, places and things in this city. And now that winners have been officially announced via our latest print edition (you can pick up a copy at any of the 500 locations listed here), we will be rolling out all 30 winners online–one a day for the next month.
Photo by Sarah Bennett
Best Dessert Spot
Sweet Jill’s Bakery
Walking into Sweet Jill’s on Second Street is like walking into a sugar-laced dream world where chocolate frosting covers the top of every brownie and pastries are pulled apart to reveal cinnamon-apple centers. Nearly 20 feet of display cases (her old location a few blocks down harbored slightly less) only adds to the temptation, showing off Jill Kinney Pharis’ cookies, cakes and—her claim to fame—the old-fashioned cinnamon roll, which is topped with homemade icing that seeps into the perfectly gooey center. With a satellite location in Seal Beach and a branded concession in the new Long Beach Airport concourse’s food court (where Jill makes her cinnamon rolls fresh every day), Sweet Jill’s confections have become a Long Beach institution.
Sweet Jill’s Bakery is located at 5001 E. 2nd St., (562) 438-4945, sweetjillsbakery.com
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