There are plenty to choose from, but it’s with the halibut taco that Baja Fish truly makes its mark. Here, the weightier corn tortilla is wisely swapped for its flour counterpart, a thin thing pocked with crisp brown spots collected by just the right amount of time on the grill. Piled inside are hunks of [...]

On the third floor of a Long Beach Airport hangar, Ristorante DaVinci is a sumptuous place, with its 20-foot-high curved glass wall beyond which private jets touch down on the runways. It’s decadent from the beginning, but the “cartoccio” is the way to go, a dish of prawns, scallops, mussels, clams and calamari, brought to [...]

Adjacent to the parking lot entrance at 22nd Street Landing is a whale-shaped sign with a toothy smile, beckoning you to “Whale Watch Here” while an arrow guides you into the lot. Though it may seem quaint or even inconsequential, it’s that oceanfront feeling that shapes the restaurant. The salmon was delightful: a sturdy slice [...]

Escape Long Beach–to San Pedro–at 22nd Street Landing

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Adjacent to the parking lot entrance at 22nd Street Landing is a whale-shaped sign with a toothy smile, beckoning you to “Whale Watch Here” while an arrow guides you into the lot. I happened by this on my way out of the Landing’s Seafood Grill [...]