Downtown Scene

If you’re in search of a cider house in our state, you’ll have to take a lengthy trip from SoCal. The nearest would be off the 101 just south of Thousand Oaks for 101 Cider or, along the same route, at Atascadero for Bristol Cider House—and even then, these...

The spirit of Live After 5, our monthly live music series bringing the best free entertaining around, continues as we invade the East Village—particularly MAKE Collectives and 6th & Detroit on September 8. Performing from 5PM to 6PM at MAKE Collectives, located at...

The beauty of food for many cultures isn’t so much its essentiality to living—though sustenance is very much a key component—but, despite the affluence of a family, how food brings people together. Food, in all its forms, both low and high, is a bonding agent; it can...

How does a DTLB theatre with about 30 seats constantly remain relative and supported, especially when positioned amongst more moneyed and patronized institutions like Musical Theatre West? How does a tiny crew of theatre-loving geeks, misfits, and creatives...

NOTE: Music Tastes Good is not a Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) event nor is it directly associated with the DLBA. For concerns regarding Music Tastes Good, send an email to community@musictastesgood.com or call 562-653-6275. Music Tastes Good, the massive...

For the eighth year in a row, the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) will close out its 2016 Summer and Music (SAM) festival with fan-favorite Buskerfest on September 3 from 5PM to 11PM in DTLB’s East Village at 1st and Linden. Expanding its footprint to better...

Is Pine Avenue in DLTB between 4th and 6th Streets becoming Decadence Row? It very well could be. With The Pie Bar now bustin’ out delicious pies while barely keeping up with demand and Romeo Chocolates has announced they're moving in next door for their chocolatier...

The 43 acres of land that is largely referred to as the Queen Mary area (along with its additional 20 acres of surrounding waterfront) has been in long need of a facelift, leading to the creation of the Queen Mary Land Development Task Force as well as the assignment...

The 2016 launch of our culinary series took off in March with the Taste of Downtown: East Village and Taste's second event of 2016 along Pine Avenue brought us in record numbers and, to date, is the most attended and highest-grossing Taste event we've ever hosted. For...

Some say the diner is dead but oftentimes, a classic just never dies–and in the case of Johnny Rockets, not only is it celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year but its DTLB location is expanding as manager and franchisee Becky Benam re-opens her classic burger joint...

We love DTLB’s culinary scene specifically because it is so unique. And it is so unique because the vast variety of eateries are either locally owned or unique to Long Beach, giving visitors and patrons alike distinct offerings that run the full gastronomical gamut....

Linden Public, the new restaurant/coffeeshop/bar that overtook the former Greenhouse cafe, will have its official grand opening on August 13 after being softly opened for the past several weeks. The latest venture by Hend Elarabi (who also owned The Greenhouse as well...

So there you are, 150 feet above the ocean and the Queen Mary, dangling while you… Enjoy a fine dining experience? Yup, the famed Dinner in the Sky, an aerial dining experience that takes place way, way, way above ground level, is hitting Long Beach and it plans to...

The tragic murder of four-year-old Jennebel Anaya and her mother, 26-year-old Carina Mancera, by an unidentified shooter has left DTLB and Long Beach as a whole shocked, saddened, and deeply disturbed. Yet, after the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) called on the...

Lovers of fish’n’beer can rejoice: in honor of its 2nd Anniversary, DTLB seafood staple Pier 76 will give a whole new meaning to Taco Tuesday throughout the month of August, offering up diners their famed smoked fish tacos for 76 cents and full servings of their craft...