2025 was one of the roughest years for Long Beach restaurants—and 2026 is looking rather dim when it comes to the food industry—but it was also a genuinely good year for new spaces opening. Nearly 40 new food spaces—from restaurants to second locations to new concepts to coffeeshops—opened across 2025.
This year, we are starting off with many already-knowns and some definite holdovers from previous years that are hoping to open—so send them all the good permitting/contracting/licensing vibes, food lovers. Here are the Long Beach restaurants hopefully making their debut in 2026…
Brodard
6480 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. #100
Brodard will be opening a location in Long Beach at the 2nd & PCH retail complex in the former Tocaya space. The famed Vietnamese restaurant is based out of Fountain Valley and has been named one of the best restaurants in the state—making it a welcomed addition to the city’s lacking Vietnamese food scene.
“As of right now, we don’t have a specific date as to when Brodard Long Beach is opening,” said Roberto Lemus, a representative with 2nd & PCH. “But it is coming sometime in 2026.”…