Whereas the D-O-double-G might have rapped about all of the drama within the LBC (Lengthy Seashore, California), we expect it’s the eating places that deserve particular consideration. Over the previous few years, the Los Angeles-bordering metropolis has really come into its personal with a vibrant craft beer scene, dense inhabitants of Cambodians sharing their delicacies alongside Anaheim avenue, and loads of newcomers hawking market-driven fare. Right here now, the 18 important Lengthy Seashore eating places, introduced from west to east.
Edna’s Filipino Delicacies
From pork cracklin’s to Filipino spaghetti to fried rice, Edna’s Filipino Delicacies is an informal cease with severe choices, together with a complete lechon. Edna’s crew wants every week’s discover to roast a complete roast pig for dwelling consumption.
The Ordinarie
Taverns work nicely in any metropolis, and Lengthy Seashore’s Ordinarie is an ideal slot in Downtown’s Promenade. It’s the spot to seek out consolation meals just like the pot roast plate, lobster roll, or a pot pie. Behind the bar, cocktails have been just lately given a revamp to accompany the standard beer choice.
Ammatoli Mediterranean Bites
House owners Dima and Sam Habibeh’s Downtown LB restaurant Ammatoli is barely a 12 months previous. It’s menu is straight from the Levant area that encompasses Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, with dishes which have a well-known and scrumptious Mediterranean ring.
Beer Stomach Lengthy Seashore
This beloved Koreatown mecca of craft beer made its sophomore debut in the LBC, and with nice success. As a result of with an enormous number of native brews and cardiac arrest-inducing plates within the type of fried pork stomach chips and bacon fats fries, you possibly can’t go incorrect. Beer Stomach’s Koreatown location will shut in direction of the tip of July, so Lengthy Seashore will maintain down the fort.
Gus’s World Well-known Fried Rooster
Gus’s Lengthy Seashore arm opened in 2018, and this Southern franchise nonetheless provides identical fare as Crenshaw location, with 50 seats, candy iced tea, beer and wine, and naturally the signature spicy fried hen.
PowWow Pizza Firm
Maurice Yim is a former James Republic chef that launched his PowWow Pizza final December, and it’s an informal and important addition to Bixby Knolls. Yim blends Cambodian flavors to pies, so attempt his signature Angkor pizza with a lemongrass-ginger pesto, mozzarella, marinated beef, fried garlic, onions and watercress.