Pinto beans on your pizza and more at Long Beach Pizza Company

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
There are no walls lined with Little League team photos and no banged up Neo-Geo video arcade games, but Long Beach Pizza Company still recalls the familiar neighborhood pizza houses of my youth. You know the type: predictable, dependable and affordable, [...]

Long Beach Pizza Company’s Pesto Pizza
Long Beach Pizza Company is in a popular part of town, tucked in on Broadway between neighborhood staples like Olives and the Library coffeehouse. But what brings in the crowds is LB Pizza Co.’s variety—the place has a sprawling selection second only to Long Beach’s favorite Thai/Italian/American flavor-pit, Dean’s. However, [...]

The first half of Dean’s menu—the Italian side—is probably the biggest draw. Full of the standards—pastas, sandwiches, lasagnas, pizzas—Dean’s Italian food doesn’t offer any surprises but pleases with its low-priced, respectable offerings. The other half of Dean’s menu—the Thai portion—is also packed with staples. From pad Thai to larb, Dean’s Thai offerings follow the same [...]

AKI SUSHI’S HOME DELIVERY The reasons I am obsessed with Aki Sushi/Bai-Plu are infinite. Since it’s both a sushi joint and a Thai restaurant, I find myself voting for Aki in the Where to Eat? straw polls roughly five nights a week—and if I could, and my friends wouldn’t kill me, I’d gorge on edamame, [...]