1554 Enlightened Black Ale

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
When it comes to dark, full-bodied beers, there’s nothing like a rich stout with a creamy head. Properly poured—in two parts, and in a 20-ounce tulip glass like those filled at E.J. Malloy’s—a pint of stout is a mature beast, profound yet unpretentious. But if you’ve had your fill [...]

SHANNON’S ON PINE
$3.75 Well Drinks
Every day until 7pm | 209 Pine Ave | Long Beach 90802
THE PROSPECTOR
$2 Draft Beers
Every day until 6pm | 2400 E Seventh St | Long Beach 90804
RENO ROOM
$2.50 Domestic Bottles
Mon-Fri until 7pm | 3400 E Broadway | Long Beach 90803

Big Belly Deli
Barely beyond Huntington Beach, Big Belly Deli is a little place that sometimes gets forgotten between Main Street and Balboa. But that’s not to say that the deli doesn’t do a big business—even in the coldest months, the deli reels in beach-going appetites. It’s not hard for a place so small to get [...]

North by Northwest at Plums Café

PHOTO by RICK POON
There’s a sharpness in the air around Plums Café, a clean scent that makes for the kinds of brisk breaths that usually only occur when flowers and trees all exhale at once. It’s hard to notice at first, but that crispness is part of Plums’ patio, a [...]

Number Nine succumbs to style

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Number Nine echoes like an empty gallery, a long and lean place that bounces every sound back down to your table. Light doesn’t escape, either. It gets gathered up by walls painted the purest white and sent toward a ceiling that seems to rise up forever. It’s an [...]

Tiki Island
There’s nothing like the scent of the Alamitos Bay Farmers Market, the aromas of hummus and fresh fruit all combining in a sort of swirl that always seems to add on more to your appetite. But I wasn’t there for the produce alone, so after filling up on fruit samples, feta cheese and tomatoes, [...]

Darth Vader

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Fans of Star Wars and hard liquor rejoice! After years of playing with Long Islands, Red Bull/vodkas and Jäger Bombs, there’s a new contender on the scene: Darth Vader. Dreamed up by Kristin, a bartender at new downtown watering hole the Cellar, the drink—to quote the Dark Lord—made me “sense something, [...]

49′RS TAVERN
$1 Off Pitchers
Mon-Fri 4-7pm | 5660 E Pacific Coast Hwy | Long Beach 90814
PUKA BAR
$1 Off Everything in the Bar
Mon-Fri 4-8pm | 710 W Willow St | Long Beach 90806
THE MINESHAFT
$3 Well Drinks
Every day until 7pm | 1720 E Broadway | Long Beach 90802

Fuji’s Famous Burger
Fuji’s Famous Burger, a Huntington Beach institution since 1973, specializes in offering fast food given the Fuji’s touch via teriyaki and/or avocado (avocado tacos, teriyaki beef sandwiches, you name it). There’s also Japanese-Hawaiian cuisine (Spam musubi, which is a block of salted rice with Spam on top and dried seaweed wrapped around it), [...]

Go rice-less at Lotus Chinese Eatery

PHOTO by RICK POON
Portion your order just right at Lotus Chinese Eatery and your meal won’t contain a single grain of rice. The restaurant does serve the stubby little staple (steamed as a side, fried as an entrée), but rice, a near necessity of so many Chinese meals, is left [...]