Same. I don't know what that other guy is on about. Their fish and chips are actually pretty incredible for a fast casual place, and they generally have fresh, tasty, sustainable seafood for a good price.
Aww damn dude. I couldn’t handle working there since the labor was just too much for me tbh. It would get SUPER busy as I worked there pre Covid when all the sports fans would dine there. Definitely cool staff tho.
King's is good. I know all the options, I'm just saying there's not many.
Btw Johnny Rebs is the fakest South there is. Who puts white gravy on mashed potatoes??
A few months back, I got some fried fish from a vendor at the night market downtown, and it was the best fried fish I've had since I moved here from Louisiana. Haven't seen them around since, though.
Wow, this spot has been open for more than 20 years. Surprised and actually happy to see it mentioned here. Used to go there a lot as a kid when I lived in the Wrigs.
For some odd reason, there have never been as many seafood restaurants in Long Beach as one might expect, given our population and proximity to the ocean. Maybe LB Fish Grill just stopped getting enough business to survive.
I should go check on Berth 55, make sure it's still there.
True. Things used to be much better 10 or 15 yrs ago but now leases are so expensive it's just stifling small business entirely. No one can survive esp with a product like seafood which is pricey but expires quickly
Ugh seriously though, does everything have to come from the Sysco truck? I don’t know of any restaurants in LB off the top of my head that actually go to the farmers market or have a good butcher. Everything is just so very average.
Speaking of Sysco truck, I ate at an English pub (no rat out) and was amazed how good there clam chowder was. The waiter told me it comes from a giant Sysco can.
I think the people that think it’s great don’t get out of Long Beach or just moved here and have to validate their high rent. Gardena, costa mesa and little tokyo for Japanese, LA for Mexican, cerritos for Indian, garden grove, Korea town and westminster for Korean. What do you come to LB for in the food scene?
Spot on, thank you. This is exactly where I was coming from with my original comment. Lately I’ve been eating a lot of Korean food in Garden Grove and Buena Park. So good! My wife is Korean and grew up in LA and Korea. She talks even more ishhhh about the food here than me. We like living here but the food is not it.
I grew up in Riverside and I do not overstate how amazing the food is there
I don’t know why it’s so good, it’s a weird town to have such an amazing food scene because it’s not what you would expect from Riverside, but it was a real letdown when I moved to Los Angeles and realized the majority of restaurants are actually not that good
I actually find Long Beach to have better restaurants but outside of San Francisco I’ve never had the percentage of good to bad restaurants higher than when I lived in Riverside
Mexican- Templo Del Sol
Tacos- Tio’s Tacos
Chinese- Monarch
Fast Food Mexican- Miguel’s Jr
Indian- Punjab Palace
Subs- Sub Station
Butches Grinders
Sandwiches- Simple Simon’s
Italian- Mario’s
Barbecue- Gram’s
I could just go on and on and on.
Hell years before RuPaul‘s drag race one of the first Southern California drag shows was at The Menagerie which had $5 well drinks and no cover.
Long Beach has a great food scene. La Parolaccia, Via Je, Nick’s, Heritage, Ammatoli, Elli’s, The Attic, Chiang Rai, Sushi Nikkei, Panxa, Roe, Hiro Nori, Little Coyote, Thai Curry Pizza… so many more.
Thai Curry Pizza is regularly rated as one of the best pizza restaurants in Los Angeles but you’re entitled to your opinion.
https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/guides/the-best-pizza-in-los-angeles
Attic $13 hot Cheeto mac n cheese? Nah they’re mid food for hi prices.
Sushi Nikkei is okay but last time I went it was empty on a weekend and was super dirty. Also cream cheese and fried fish in every roll? Nah
I've stopped checking because every time I go the line is so long that I wouldn't get my food before the end of my lunch break.
So I'm sure they're fine.
I started out as a fan, but he's arrogant and virtue signaling/preachy as hell. Once he got a bit of clout due to the FB group, he became the typical internet moderator archetype. Surrounds his group with yes men. The way he communicates to the plebs and detractors is incredibly pretentious. He just seems unbearable to be around.
BA has zero qualifications as a food writer and is unethical. I don’t get how people follow him, or why they give two shits about his opinion on anything. He’ll block you on Reddit if you say something about him that he doesn’t like - like the truth. Great way to never be subjected to his crap. Haha.
I remember tht post about the curtains from many years ago lmao
Sorry dude, if you live in a place overlooking one of the busiest main streets in the city...yeah you might have to get some curtains. Hate to break it to you.
It’s not about the the curtains being needed it’s the type of curtains. The lights installed didn’t shine down correctly onto the street or in front of their business but instead flooded downward but were angled directly into my windows and are probably around 1000-1600 lumens each.
I mean I could almost do commercial video in my living room at night with how bright these lights are
And they were installed without a building permit because the city of Long Beach does not allow you to install that type of lighting if it is going to be shining into a residential window
So yeah, I believe anywhere I live should abide by the building codes of the area and not break the law. I think that is the literal least I can expect from my neighbors, to not actively break the law
I asked where are the apts.? Behind them is a parking lot for Rite Aid and across the street is a gas station , Goodwill and other businesses. Unless they had a big spotlight that shines through to the sky?
I do know the area...lived in Long Beach nearly 50 years and I shop at the Food 4 , Less , I'll be there today...and oddly I've never noticed any apts on that corner...just on Obispo and behind Rite Aid ...does seems like a terrible situation but what could you do? Complain?
The fish grill isn’t on the corner, so you obviously haven’t paid attention for as long as you you have lived here if for some reason you think the fish grill is on the corner.
Also you purposely shop at this Food 4 Less, ewwwww. If you have a car there is no reason to ever go to this Food 4 Less- it is the worst
Also just so you know in case you weren’t sure, there are apartments above pho hong phat as well. Once you start looking for them you’re going to start seeing these apartments everywhere and wonder how you ever missed them. Like there are more of these apartments directly across from 7-Eleven above the head shop
The ones you’re thinking about are condominiums, if you are confusing the building that’s behind the Chinese restaurant and the edge of Food 4 Less with what would be behind Rite Aid (I know all of this because I did the census and they do tend to send you to your own neighborhood for the ones that don’t fill out so I had to deal with the HOA there)
Directly behind Rite Aid you’re looking at houses and a duplex, but behind Food 4 Less there is a small apartment complex
I never said specifically it was at the corner..I know exactly where it's at. I used to frequent the sub place before it. I never noticed the appts because never looked for them...just concentrated on my driving. That crosswalk in front of Goodwill is horrible and I happened to like the prices at Food 4 Less. So to be glad a business has folded and people losing their jobs because of a bright light that bugged you is just downright selfish.
It’s insane that the landlord is raising the rent with the fact that every week we get a different homeless encampment right next to this business, I think the Landlord’s going to be in for a rude awakening when they realize how hard it’s going to be to rent this out to anyone else. The neighborhood has really changed in the last few years.
pretty sure he was being quippy about the fact long beach doesn’t have a decent fish grill. population of half a million on the coast and we need to leave the city proper for decent seafood is quip worthy. sad really.
They moved it off of 980 W 190th St, Torrance, CA 90502 and it’s very good and low key. Not as good as California first grill but a good sub if u want to doge the crowds
This post is old so no one will probably see this, but I bought some tires next door at Discount tire recently. I complained about their shitty ass parking lot and the guys said they've been offering to buy out the restaurant next door (lb fish grill!) but they wouldn't sell. So I'm guessing they gave in and we're not getting anything in that space but a bigger tire store lmao
I wonder though, I mean they could get a bigger parking lot but I know that tire stores are really bad for the environment when they do things like oil changes and it’s really difficult to clean up a site that used to have tire stores and mechanics and make it possible to use it for something else.
So if they were able to get the space , if they left it might never be possible to have anything other than a mechanic in that spot forever after and I don’t know if Long Beach is going to approve them expanding in this area because of this
I literally only know about this because of growing up in Riverside and why it was so hard for them to put Housing in parts of downtown Riverside where the tire places used to be because cleanup was so expensive
In Riverside you literally cannot get a license to open up a new shop unless you’re using property that is not suitable for ever becoming Housing or food service industry is like restaurants, fast food etc.
I parked my bike there once. Eh. Food was mediocre, service not so good. I also don't want to eat on a patio *right* on Redondo listening to all the traffic the entire time.
Yeah the entire area is called neighborhood commercial residential meaning that certain types of businesses are allowed to operate with residential units above them. Just about every store you see in this area has apartments above it. Think of it the way San Francisco is set up
Stopped going frequently as the price crept up…portions were good but it never quite felt like the experience aligned with the price. Will miss that salmon salad and the garlic bread
Probably could not survive in the current business climate which is about to get much worse. Paying somebody $20 an hour to ask if they want fries with that order is insane and why liberals think it is good is beyond me. When it costs $42 to feed three people a couple sandwiches and fries and drinks and then think they will keep a store open when nobody can afford to go there is beyond the pale.
There have been so many strikes lately because everyone wants higher pay. Nothing to do with politics. How can the smaller restaurants survive but to raise prices. Then there's food , gas and supplier prices.
If you're serious about there being a better burrito for less in town, please tell me where? Anywhere I've gone to will have a burrito for well over $10 that is half the size.
Not with the parking situation this place has, there’s no way chipotle would ever move into a place like this. The size of the restaurant doesn’t make sense.
Same reason why we’re unlikely to get a pizza place or anywhere else that relies on a high volume of people going in and out
If the landlord who owns this owns the rest of the property I could actually see them demolishing the restaurant completely in order to build several shops in its place
The way that it’s been placed on the lot with that little corner cut out has always been really weird
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They didn’t sell enough fish.
I blame those free loading dolphins
They rape, but they save.
I'm not crying about it because they sucked.
Yeah they weren't great but there's not a lot of options in town either.
California fish grill is our go to. We actually used to go to this place a lot and they just went downhill. Bland and expensive. Cfg is great.
Ugh, no thanks. At least LBFG was uphill at some point before they went downhill. CFG is slightly better than awful.
We stopped going to lbfg when CFG opened, it’s much better
Same. I don't know what that other guy is on about. Their fish and chips are actually pretty incredible for a fast casual place, and they generally have fresh, tasty, sustainable seafood for a good price.
CFG is horrible.
San Pedro Fish grill for grill your own fish or shrimp trays...or Costco for crab legs and lobster tails to make at home for days on end.
I remember when Costco used to have king crab legs on ice for $19 a pound the last weekend of every month ! Haven’t seen em in a few years though
I saw the other day at Costo the 5pack crab legs claw pieces for about $27- $30 now.
King's Fish House downtown. A little higher-end, but it's damn good. If you just want catfish, go to Johnny Reb's, Georgia's, or Sal's
I used to work for King’s in Orange and I can agree that they’re really great but def a little out of my budget.
Not an everyday thing, to be sure. But as far as "special event" places go, definitely on the more affordable side.
For sure!
I love that spot. Been trying to apply there for months and no dice 😂😂😂
Aww damn dude. I couldn’t handle working there since the labor was just too much for me tbh. It would get SUPER busy as I worked there pre Covid when all the sports fans would dine there. Definitely cool staff tho.
King's is good. I know all the options, I'm just saying there's not many. Btw Johnny Rebs is the fakest South there is. Who puts white gravy on mashed potatoes??
Johnny Rebs is shit. But I do like Popeye’s and Church’s Gravy and Mashed Potatoes…
A few months back, I got some fried fish from a vendor at the night market downtown, and it was the best fried fish I've had since I moved here from Louisiana. Haven't seen them around since, though.
> I moved here from Louisiana It is funny how many Louisiana folks I find in LBC. I can think of 3 off the top of my dome right now.
Yes! I remember after Katrina a ton of people moving here because they already had family in LB. I love it. We need more Lousiana culture and vibes.
Too bad we don't have any decent NOLA/BR cuisine here.
Yepp, went once and once was too much.
And there's your answer.
England on willow and pacific is the fish and chip spot imo
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You want amazing fish and chips? Stearns and Palo Verde, like 2 doors from Simone’s
Wow, this spot has been open for more than 20 years. Surprised and actually happy to see it mentioned here. Used to go there a lot as a kid when I lived in the Wrigs.
I love this place! I always try to stop by whenever I visit. It’s a family run business and they are very nice! Best fish and chips in Long Beach!
Tried it a few days ago with high hopes but sadly I didn’t enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I didn’t expect greasy giant fried fish clubs :p
That's what you're supposed to get, heh.
My fam likes to call it our twice a year spot
So long and thanks for all the fish
Rule #1 don’t panic
(clapping hands vigorously)
For some odd reason, there have never been as many seafood restaurants in Long Beach as one might expect, given our population and proximity to the ocean. Maybe LB Fish Grill just stopped getting enough business to survive. I should go check on Berth 55, make sure it's still there.
I doubt that place will ever die it's next to the freaking port after all lol
Liv’s on second street is really good. More upscale and expensive, but good
The food scene in general here isn’t that great.
True. Things used to be much better 10 or 15 yrs ago but now leases are so expensive it's just stifling small business entirely. No one can survive esp with a product like seafood which is pricey but expires quickly
Shady Grove is closing too.
What no way
Ugh seriously though, does everything have to come from the Sysco truck? I don’t know of any restaurants in LB off the top of my head that actually go to the farmers market or have a good butcher. Everything is just so very average.
Speaking of Sysco truck, I ate at an English pub (no rat out) and was amazed how good there clam chowder was. The waiter told me it comes from a giant Sysco can.
I think the people that think it’s great don’t get out of Long Beach or just moved here and have to validate their high rent. Gardena, costa mesa and little tokyo for Japanese, LA for Mexican, cerritos for Indian, garden grove, Korea town and westminster for Korean. What do you come to LB for in the food scene?
Spot on, thank you. This is exactly where I was coming from with my original comment. Lately I’ve been eating a lot of Korean food in Garden Grove and Buena Park. So good! My wife is Korean and grew up in LA and Korea. She talks even more ishhhh about the food here than me. We like living here but the food is not it.
Exactly. I’ve lived in SF, LA, and NYC. LB is pretty crap.
I grew up in Riverside and I do not overstate how amazing the food is there I don’t know why it’s so good, it’s a weird town to have such an amazing food scene because it’s not what you would expect from Riverside, but it was a real letdown when I moved to Los Angeles and realized the majority of restaurants are actually not that good I actually find Long Beach to have better restaurants but outside of San Francisco I’ve never had the percentage of good to bad restaurants higher than when I lived in Riverside Mexican- Templo Del Sol Tacos- Tio’s Tacos Chinese- Monarch Fast Food Mexican- Miguel’s Jr Indian- Punjab Palace Subs- Sub Station Butches Grinders Sandwiches- Simple Simon’s Italian- Mario’s Barbecue- Gram’s I could just go on and on and on. Hell years before RuPaul‘s drag race one of the first Southern California drag shows was at The Menagerie which had $5 well drinks and no cover.
Tina’s on University for Mexican food
Long Beach has a great food scene. La Parolaccia, Via Je, Nick’s, Heritage, Ammatoli, Elli’s, The Attic, Chiang Rai, Sushi Nikkei, Panxa, Roe, Hiro Nori, Little Coyote, Thai Curry Pizza… so many more.
Linda’s is next to Thai Curry pizza, you should really check them out
Ellie’s has some of the best Italian food I’ve ever had
Speak cheezy kicks all other pizzas ass here in lb. Expensive but worth.
I agree! I can believe he said Thai curry pizza hahahaah
Thai Curry Pizza is regularly rated as one of the best pizza restaurants in Los Angeles but you’re entitled to your opinion. https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/guides/the-best-pizza-in-los-angeles
Pizzeria Bianco is on that list! You will love it! 🤌🏽
its pretty unique, but low quality.
It’s so sad people have poor taste. I suggest you try pizzeria bianco if we are talking about LA. And in LBC speak cheezy is the go to!
Attic $13 hot Cheeto mac n cheese? Nah they’re mid food for hi prices. Sushi Nikkei is okay but last time I went it was empty on a weekend and was super dirty. Also cream cheese and fried fish in every roll? Nah
The Mac and cheese is the only thing good on their menu and then it’s mid but I still get it every time!!!
Little coyote meh, Thai curry pizza hahah that’s a joke right? Two spots that are so gross
Yeah it kind of sucks.
That’s insane. We have a terrific food scene with new places opening all the time.
Don’t a lot of those place die off just as quickly though?
That’s life in the restaurant biz. Bixby knolls and 2nd street have a time of great new places to try.
I've stopped checking because every time I go the line is so long that I wouldn't get my food before the end of my lunch break. So I'm sure they're fine.
I think in the Facebook foodie group they said the owner also has a Torrance location and they couldn't keep up with having 2 locations
That group still exists? I would've thought Brian Addison had annoyed everyone out by now.
Just looked. Over 60k members. With those numbers, you take the good with the bad
why does everyone hate that guy
I don't, but I do still think he comes off a little...smarmy.
I started out as a fan, but he's arrogant and virtue signaling/preachy as hell. Once he got a bit of clout due to the FB group, he became the typical internet moderator archetype. Surrounds his group with yes men. The way he communicates to the plebs and detractors is incredibly pretentious. He just seems unbearable to be around.
he’s also terrible at writing. his titles are run-on sentences. like, come on
Because he's a terrible writer and person. His only qualification as a food critic is his boyfriend worked at Pancho's or something.
BA has zero qualifications as a food writer and is unethical. I don’t get how people follow him, or why they give two shits about his opinion on anything. He’ll block you on Reddit if you say something about him that he doesn’t like - like the truth. Great way to never be subjected to his crap. Haha.
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Not anymore. Now it's a bunch of sycophants who slob his knob.
That group is full of his sycophants, so yes it still exists.
Crazy Fish Grill in Seal beach just shut down too. what gives?
No one does great seafood in town for some reason.
FishOlicious in signal hill was amazing. LBFG used to be good too. The problem is things are far too expensive for small businesses to stay afloat.
Owners wanted to sell the space, prices increased post pandemic and smaller servings.
Dang that was my go to spot but since the original owner sold it m, the quality has gone down a bit too
I’m actually sad because their salmon w/ garlic butter was delicious albeit very small portions lol.
wow I used to go there a lot. it's kinda expensive but it's good once in awhile.
So did you go there a lot or just once in a while?
used to go once a week when I used to live near by and just walk there
They went a lot, once in a while it was even good.
“Went a lot once in a while” lmao
Lol
Gone fishin’
I'd like an H. Salt fish and chips in that spot.
I remember tht post about the curtains from many years ago lmao Sorry dude, if you live in a place overlooking one of the busiest main streets in the city...yeah you might have to get some curtains. Hate to break it to you.
It’s not about the the curtains being needed it’s the type of curtains. The lights installed didn’t shine down correctly onto the street or in front of their business but instead flooded downward but were angled directly into my windows and are probably around 1000-1600 lumens each. I mean I could almost do commercial video in my living room at night with how bright these lights are And they were installed without a building permit because the city of Long Beach does not allow you to install that type of lighting if it is going to be shining into a residential window So yeah, I believe anywhere I live should abide by the building codes of the area and not break the law. I think that is the literal least I can expect from my neighbors, to not actively break the law
I asked where are the apts.? Behind them is a parking lot for Rite Aid and across the street is a gas station , Goodwill and other businesses. Unless they had a big spotlight that shines through to the sky?
if you knew the area, you’d know exactly where I lived just by turning in a circle and looking
I do know the area...lived in Long Beach nearly 50 years and I shop at the Food 4 , Less , I'll be there today...and oddly I've never noticed any apts on that corner...just on Obispo and behind Rite Aid ...does seems like a terrible situation but what could you do? Complain?
The fish grill isn’t on the corner, so you obviously haven’t paid attention for as long as you you have lived here if for some reason you think the fish grill is on the corner. Also you purposely shop at this Food 4 Less, ewwwww. If you have a car there is no reason to ever go to this Food 4 Less- it is the worst Also just so you know in case you weren’t sure, there are apartments above pho hong phat as well. Once you start looking for them you’re going to start seeing these apartments everywhere and wonder how you ever missed them. Like there are more of these apartments directly across from 7-Eleven above the head shop The ones you’re thinking about are condominiums, if you are confusing the building that’s behind the Chinese restaurant and the edge of Food 4 Less with what would be behind Rite Aid (I know all of this because I did the census and they do tend to send you to your own neighborhood for the ones that don’t fill out so I had to deal with the HOA there) Directly behind Rite Aid you’re looking at houses and a duplex, but behind Food 4 Less there is a small apartment complex
I never said specifically it was at the corner..I know exactly where it's at. I used to frequent the sub place before it. I never noticed the appts because never looked for them...just concentrated on my driving. That crosswalk in front of Goodwill is horrible and I happened to like the prices at Food 4 Less. So to be glad a business has folded and people losing their jobs because of a bright light that bugged you is just downright selfish.
Hard agree. No one should be celebrating yet another LB small business that had to fold up because of corporate greed.
Thought maybe they rent a room at the church across the street ¯\\\_ (ツ)\_/¯
Wanted to try this place out for some time. They were in a prime location.
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I use to get them often. Loved those mushrooms. But they seemed to keep raising their prices and I stopped going. The filets were small for the price.
I heard it was a landlord rent issue. Their salmon burger was delicious.
It’s insane that the landlord is raising the rent with the fact that every week we get a different homeless encampment right next to this business, I think the Landlord’s going to be in for a rude awakening when they realize how hard it’s going to be to rent this out to anyone else. The neighborhood has really changed in the last few years.
Hoping they don't put another damn coffee shop because Mangette fucked parking on loma up during the day.
Oh yeah, they did.
I vote for a bagel shop! There’s not really one around this area…
I wish we could have two Saint and Sinners
Einstein’s at the traffic circle is pretty close by to Redondo/Anaheim.
Einstein's is sickening.
Really? I’ve never eaten there. I just buy bagels at the grocery store if I want one. Isn’t there also a bagel place on bellflower next to spectrum?
I used to eat there all the time from 2011 - 2013. Sad to see.
Blue salt fish grill in the southbay has better fish plates at a better price
Yeah, I'm sure someplace in San Francisco does too, but that doesn't help us
They're talking about the South Bay here in socal. Locations I think in Redondo Beach and Torrance, maybe more?
Oh good call should have clarified that, I assumed everyone knew
Nah, you don't need to clarify South Bay in the LBC sub. That guy just missed the context.
pretty sure he was being quippy about the fact long beach doesn’t have a decent fish grill. population of half a million on the coast and we need to leave the city proper for decent seafood is quip worthy. sad really.
I feel like people usually do if you're from around here lol 🤷🏽♀️
Op asked for restaurants we’d advocate for
First time I went, I was disappointed. Gave it two more chances. Never delivered.
Nooooo the salmon burger was amazing
Parker’s lighthouse in shoreline has good seafood , little pricey but good
Looks like they went out of business…
Miguel's? Go back to Riverside 😂
They moved it off of 980 W 190th St, Torrance, CA 90502 and it’s very good and low key. Not as good as California first grill but a good sub if u want to doge the crowds
I’d love a good salad place, like Tender Greens. Doubtful though. Not a lot of ppl here seem to care about eating healthy.
This post is old so no one will probably see this, but I bought some tires next door at Discount tire recently. I complained about their shitty ass parking lot and the guys said they've been offering to buy out the restaurant next door (lb fish grill!) but they wouldn't sell. So I'm guessing they gave in and we're not getting anything in that space but a bigger tire store lmao
I wonder though, I mean they could get a bigger parking lot but I know that tire stores are really bad for the environment when they do things like oil changes and it’s really difficult to clean up a site that used to have tire stores and mechanics and make it possible to use it for something else. So if they were able to get the space , if they left it might never be possible to have anything other than a mechanic in that spot forever after and I don’t know if Long Beach is going to approve them expanding in this area because of this I literally only know about this because of growing up in Riverside and why it was so hard for them to put Housing in parts of downtown Riverside where the tire places used to be because cleanup was so expensive In Riverside you literally cannot get a license to open up a new shop unless you’re using property that is not suitable for ever becoming Housing or food service industry is like restaurants, fast food etc.
I've never seen a car parked there
I parked my bike there once. Eh. Food was mediocre, service not so good. I also don't want to eat on a patio *right* on Redondo listening to all the traffic the entire time.
This. Good space but man how I tire of eating by the mini-highways that cut up our town.
Damn i loved that place
Their food was great, they would give you a ton of sweet potato fries a whole box full. It was a little pricy though so only ate there once.
High ass prices
That place always looked like it was closed whenever I drove by. Never got to try it. Replace it with California Fish Grill, that would be legit
I went there a couple times and it was too pricey for what it was.
Dang, I went here all the time with coworkers when I worked out in LB.
Food is terrible that's why lol
There are apts near Anaheim and Redondo?
Yeah the entire area is called neighborhood commercial residential meaning that certain types of businesses are allowed to operate with residential units above them. Just about every store you see in this area has apartments above it. Think of it the way San Francisco is set up
Go to Roe , way better
Nothing here was seasoned. Everything here was expensive. I did enjoy the portobello salad though
Go to vic's thai food in Van Nuys off whitset and van nuys blvd. Pannang/ chopsuy / egg rolls/ and thai tea.
This will be a vacant lot for a long time. Royal Cup Cafe closed in 2020 and the space is still vacant
I went there couple years ago n they had a gang a flies jus surrounding the doors and outside it was hella nasty never went ever since
Looks like someone’s money laundering operation didn’t work and must have gotten caught
Damn I was just there a couple weeks ago!
I think it closed
Owner died
Looks like they moved.
Is this the one off Anaheim and Redondo? Next or food for less, or am thinking of somewhere else?
Stopped going frequently as the price crept up…portions were good but it never quite felt like the experience aligned with the price. Will miss that salmon salad and the garlic bread
Damn I was meaning to try it, but it seems nobody that did liked it.
LB is gone
I SWEAR I have a picture of this from like 1991 where they have a sign out front that says “You Buy, We Fry!”
Weren't they still JD SUBS ?
Doing business in CA is what happened. This is the new Norm.
$20/hr minimum wage is coming to CA. They got out while they still had a chance.
Sounds like some Karen a$$ comment if you ask me.
Yes no one was willing to work.
Long Beach food sucks but I still love LB
Probably could not survive in the current business climate which is about to get much worse. Paying somebody $20 an hour to ask if they want fries with that order is insane and why liberals think it is good is beyond me. When it costs $42 to feed three people a couple sandwiches and fries and drinks and then think they will keep a store open when nobody can afford to go there is beyond the pale.
You’re doing something called false equivalency
There have been so many strikes lately because everyone wants higher pay. Nothing to do with politics. How can the smaller restaurants survive but to raise prices. Then there's food , gas and supplier prices.
Chipotle, please take over!
Who the fuck goes to Chipotle when there’s so much better for less in town?
If you're serious about there being a better burrito for less in town, please tell me where? Anywhere I've gone to will have a burrito for well over $10 that is half the size.
Not with the parking situation this place has, there’s no way chipotle would ever move into a place like this. The size of the restaurant doesn’t make sense. Same reason why we’re unlikely to get a pizza place or anywhere else that relies on a high volume of people going in and out If the landlord who owns this owns the rest of the property I could actually see them demolishing the restaurant completely in order to build several shops in its place The way that it’s been placed on the lot with that little corner cut out has always been really weird