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Long Beach, California is a city that used to apologize for it self. Once home to one of the largest U.S. Navy bases and Naval shipyards in the world as well as McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft and also often referred to as “Iowa by the sea”, Long Beach is currently home to over 600,000 residents. Where the downtown district once was crowded with sailors and merchant seamen from around the ...

This past December marked the 10th anniversary of what has become a behemoth in the food and beverage industry, The Yard House. Long Beach is still home to the flagship operation but 15 other stores in 6 states now join it.

What is it about this concept that produces gross revenues estimated to be in the vicinity of $115 million a year? One could certainly point to their upscale ...

The time that I spent living in Hawaii gave me a deep appreciation for the ways in which fresh fish can be prepared. It has to do with, not only the freshness of the basic product, but the reverence in which it is treated. In the cultural mixing pot that is Hawaii, all have this same serious approach to fish.

Similarly, my life in Seattle was all about great ...

The years have quietly slipped by much as the boats now do past the windows of McKenna’s by the Bay. McKenna’s is not a new name to Long Beach. It was in the early 70’s and late 80’s that the original McKenna’s was making friends in what is now the Claim Jumper.

John Faber, a Long Beach native, (Wilson class of ’56) was/is the past and present owner. ...

At 4am, it’s hard to find quality cuisine in Los Angeles. Then again, at 4am not much tastes better than grilled ham and melted cheddar on sourdough, or “the Charles Bukowski,” in Fred 62 talk. So when our waitress, who looked 40 but dressed and acted 20, showed up wearing too much lipstick and a skin-tight shirt that read “Jesus is our dishwasher,” it took me more than a few ...

A restaurant has opened up in a very strange section of Los Angeles, on 2619 Wilshire Blvd. between Downtown and the Miracle Mile. You'll probably think you're in the wrong place. Even the sign is awkwardly hanging over the awning and doesn't seem to fit. But a few steps indoors and you're suddenly in another world. Through the club which starts hopping a bit later, past ...

There's no denying CPK founder Ed LaDou did great things for the pizza and since his initial bbq chicken and thai chicken concotions the pizza market exploded and everybody pitched in (although I'll never understand the egg and pea pizza). But CPK became so commercial and the quality's started to drop.

The remedy: Stonefire Pizza Co. on North La Cienega. North of the Bev Center about a mile is ...

As the mecca of pizza, it's tough to be the best pizza place in LA. There are some pretty legitimate restaurants who serve up New York thin, Chicago deep, and Bay area novel style pizzas, ALL of which are really good. But there's a new hot spot on Highland which can pretty safely lay claim to being the best pie shop in town.

Mario Batalli, the hit celebrity ...

Last night I went to an Italian restaurant right on the shore in Venice. Although a lot of people were queueing up outside, the waiting time wasn't that bad at all; we were seated within twenty minutes.
Not too bad when you know these people at C&O Trattoria in Venice have no free table ever.
Why that is?

Because C& O Trattoria lures tourists, beachgoers, locals and everybody else who's hungry into their ...

There's nothing better to do on a beautiful day than take a leisurely drive up PCH to get fish'n'chips. Take PCH north past Pepperdine and on your right, right before the famous Malibu trailer park (where Matthew McConaughey has recently set up camp), will be Malibu Seafood.

They offer delicious fish'n'chips, plus a wide array of other seafood and fried chicken strips to satisfy any craving. It can be ...