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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: When it was announced in October of 2023 that the group behind Orange County’s wildly popular Smoke & Fire and Villains Brewing concepts would be taking over the former Portuguese Bend space, there was a huge sigh of relief: Portuguese bend was wrapped up in bankruptcy and drama following its abrupt closure in the beginning of 2023, marking the downfall of the city’s first formal distillery. Should the patio get permitted, Broken Spirits could be open by February. Lucius Martin of the Mayor’s Office has connected with the team to assist a smoother opening transition.

12): The Broken Spirits team has been held back by permitting issues, with the City claiming the patio wasn’t properly permitted it is likely that, since the patio sits on public right-of-way and therefore falls under Public Works, they need to update their permit rather than go through the entire process of re-permitting. Breaking into a four-year-old aquavit master distiller Max Stecca distilled when working for Blinking Owl.

We’re both ecstatic to be coming to the neighborhood.”Ģ44 E. “Teo went to CSULB and he’s always loved Long Beach so much.

“I just wanted to let you know that we signed a lease on a space today in Downtown Long Beach-we’re over the moon,” co-owner Jennifer Feltham said. Opening in the former Under the Sun space across from Ammatolí on 3rd Street in Downtown Long Beach- which closed its doors back in March of this year-Sonoratown opened its OG DTLA location in 2016 followed by another location in Midtown near LACMA. Oh yes, Long Beach: Chivichangas and caramelos are coming as Sonoratown-the flour-tortilla empire that is a staple in Downtown Los Angeles and often appears on Best Of lists around the country-will be opening its first Long Beach location. An array of flour tortilla offerings from Sonoratown. The restaurant’s quick liege of patrons made its owners, brother-and-sister team Xavier and Maria Padrosa, open up shop in the bustling Barcelona to equal acclaim.Īfter coming to the States on a scholarship, Xavier-called “Xavi” by friends-wanted to open up shop in NorCal, eventually having spots in Walnut Creek, Palo Alto, and Los Gatos before opening their first location in Los Angeles earlier this year.Ĭould this be the most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach? It has competition from…Ģ44 E. Technically having its roots in San Cugat, just slightly northwest of Barcelona, when it opened in 1992, pioneering what would become the Basque and Catalonia region’s staple: pintxos and tapas. The Social List, back in its wee baby days, attempted a pseudo-tapas space that had croquetas and pan con tomate-but eventually abandoned. If among the gaps in the Long Beach food scene one were to be quite large, it would be proper Spanish food-tapas, paella, pitchers of sangria…-if you were to excuse our sole representer of Spanish cuisine, the highly coroporatized giant that is Cafe Sevilla in DTLB. Photo by Abel Rincon/Eater LA.Īnnounced back in October, Telefèric is the 30-year-old-plus Barcelona staple that will take over the former Hungry Angelina space ( which closed in late 2022) at the massive 2nd & PCH retail complex in Alamitos Bay.

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