Simmzy’s is a Dianderthal regular. I crave their pizza, their fries, their prime patio seating. It’s perfect for lunch, and even better in the evening …
Category: Long Beach
The post-race meal can be a tricky one. On the one hand, after finishing a long run, you’re willing and ready to eat anything caloric: …
CLOSED I’ll start with the truth. Whistle Stop first caught my interest purely on aesthetics. It’s cute. Rustic and charming and contemporary all at once …
Back in 1989 (before I was legal, when I still wore acid washed clothing), California Cooler was my drink of choice. A few years later, I’d …
CLOSED Long Beach truly is my city. And I’m enjoying the growth of its burgeoning restaurant scene. As close as the delicious town of Los …
My summer days have been stacked sandwiches. They’ve been multi-tiered wedding cakes. Layers and layers of work tasks and special outings and training runs and …
It’s been open now for a few weeks but it wasn’t until this past Father’s Day Sunday that I got my first lick of Long …
I’m fairly new to the Thai game. Back during my grad school field study, I remember sampling a colleague’s noodle dish topped with peanuts. It …
My career in the dining-writing industry is young yet I’ve had so many hits. They keep coming. Dish I was compelled to copy at home (and …
[CLOSED] I hadn’t realized how long I’d gone without adding a new burger to my celebrated (by me) Burger Quest list until yesterday when my …
It’s been a while since we’ve had one of our Ladies Who Wine outings, so there was a big turnout for our visit to The …
Working Class Kitchen is the newest gift to Long Beach from Michael’s Restaurant Group. The folks that brought the southland’s most celebrated pizza to the …
Tomorrow is my next half marathon – Surf City, which a year ago was my very first half marathon. So you’d think I’d be unfazed; …
Today ended my 21-day Daniel fast – and you know I had to break fast the Dianderthal way, with my homies at a new restaurant. …
My fro-worker Kristina sits just beyond my office door. If I need her attention, I can hypothetically toss a stress ball in her direction with …