Vannak and Manika Tan's 280-square-foot Long Beach stall serving Cambodian-inflected seafood with garlic crab leading the lineup. Tiny footprint, big flavors — the kind of operatio...
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The Bamboo Club
Tiki Bar
Long Beach tiki room named by Time Out as LA County's best tiki bar, and the rum program earns that call. Tropical cocktails that respect the Don-the-Beachcomber canon, vinyl night...
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San & Wolves
Filipino Bakery · Eater LA 38 (Spring 2026)
Kym Estrada and Arvin Torres took a vegan Filipino bakery pop-up and made it permanent in Long Beach. The plant-based angle isn't a gimmick here — it's the whole point, reworking F...
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Chiang Rai
Northern Thai
The red-cotton-flower noodle soup here is a dish you won't find elsewhere in LA county, built on a rare Northern Thai ingredient and served in a bowl with the herb depth you didn't...
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Tokyo Noir
Japanese / Izakaya / Speakeasy
Long Beach speakeasy built in a Japanese bartending tradition — light-touch drinks, precision ice, seafood-forward izakaya food that's fresher than most bar menus attempt. The room...
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Joe Jost's
Dive Bar
A Long Beach dive that's been pouring for more than a century on Anaheim Street, famous for cheap beer, Polish sausage with a pickle, and a staggering 450-plus pickled eggs a day. ...
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Baby Gee
Cocktail Bar
Queer-leaning bar on E 4th St in Long Beach with a vintage room that earns its character. The spicy margarita with coconut salt is the drink to order, the burrata pizza with hot ho...
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Ambitious Ales
Brewery
Atlantic Ave brewery in Long Beach with a rotating tap list that swings from aggressive IPAs to tart sours to dense stouts — whatever the brewer felt like that week. Dog-friendly p...
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Cowboy Country Saloon
Country Dance Hall
A 15,000-square-foot Long Beach dancehall with three dance floors over two levels, a big stage, and a full kitchen to keep the night fueled. Line-dance and partner-dance lessons ru...