Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city. This is news that needs just a quick mention, is developing, or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Poly Burgers officially moves; original building demolitioned
Poly Burgers has faced significant change in the past two weeks: Earlier this year, it vacated its flagship location at the southeast corner of Atlantic and New York in order to move into the newer part of the property’s updated retail complex at 1434 Atlantic Ave. Unlike its former sister‚ Babette’s Bakery—which closed after 30-plus years of service not re-signing their contract with the landlord—Poly’s decided to stay within the development, taking on a newer space while giving up its older one.
Speak Cheezy has a fully decked-out Super Bowl menu, including par-baked pizzas
Speak Cheezy has a Super Bowl menu that you can pre-order from—from baby Sicilian-style pies to wings—and it also includes par-baked pizzas that you can take home, throw in the oven at 500 degrees, and get the closest thing to a fresh pie you can probably get at home on game day. Par-bake orders will be taken until Friday, Feb. 5 at noon.
El Barrio Cantina’s $40 rotisserie chicken dinner is a slam-dunk for families
This is the insanely valuable $40 whole rotisserie from El Barrio Cantina—and it can easily feed a family of four. Chef Uli—one of the most cognizant chefs when it comes to understanding many folks don’t have much money to spend on going out lately—has been experimenting with his newly minted roaster and the result is amazing. Comes with the whole chicken, flour tortillas, salsa verde, a toum-like garlic sauce, corn salad, balck beans, and potato salad. Just obsessed.
Chef Uli will have “a few on hand each night.”
Panda Express to move into former Gold’s Gym/Chuck E Cheese space in DTLB
As the massive Portico complex continues its development—it broke ground this month after demolishing a huge portion of the former City Place retail development—the remaining businesses on the north side of 4th Street will also have to look for new homes as developer JPI plans to demolish their spaces to make way for the second portion of its development.
Panda Express will be moving across the street to the former Gold’s Gym/Chuck E Cheese space, which operators Mosaic have portioned out into smaller parcels. Its new address will be 290 E. 4th St…