New acai bowl concept Koolberry opens at Steelcraft Long Beach
The new acai business, Koolberry, specializes in fruit acai bowls but also offers decadent milkshakes jam-packed with toppings.
A cafe built out of a shipping container is coming to Civic Center plaza
Fittingly, the Container Café will be outside the Port of Long Beach’s headquarters, where it will start serving snacks and drinks sometime next year.
First ‘Bored Ape’ crypto art food concept to debut to Long Beach
The pop-up, called Bored & Hungry, is taking over the former Louisiana Asian Kitchen on Seventh Street and Junipero Avenue for 90 days beginning April 9.
TransparentSea Farm—a more sustainable and delicious way of growing prawns
Long Beach resident Steve Sutton, 36, founded TransparentSea Farm near the start of the pandemic 18 months ago. A former fisherman-turned aquaculturist, he leased the vacant warehouse with big plans to change the way the public consumes crustaceans.
Pick-your-own produce in new ‘farmers market’-style free food distribution
The free food market from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 16 is designed to mimic the experience of a farmers’ market where visitors experiencing food insecurity can peruse tents at their leisure and select the produce they’d like to take home.
Cambodian Restaurant Week coming to Long Beach this October
The inaugural Long Beach Cambodian Restaurant Week will take place Oct. 9-16 and will feature $5, $10, $15 and $20 prix fixe menus at participating restaurants across the city.
The best places in Long Beach to try cross-cultural cuisine
From Thai curry pizza to the Nood’rito, here are some of the best mashups in Long Beach—some you might not have tried but should, others you’ve probably had, but didn’t know they were mashups.
Teens compete for $500K scholarships in culinary competition at Convention Center
Fourteen high schools from across Southern California will compete in the two-day event designed to emulate competitions like “Chopped” and “Shark Tank.”
4 new food businesses on the way or already open in Long Beach
From vegan to coffee to pho and crawfish, here’s a few places we’re keeping an eye on: Two are already open, and two are on the way.
Southwest flavors meet Filipino traditions in one-day family style tasting at Panxa Cocina
The tasting on March 8 will feature eight dishes, including dessert, with creative takes on Filipino staples like lumpia, ginataang tahong, pork sisg and adobong kangkong.