Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention, is developing, or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
StormBurger is opening in the coming weeks
The much-hyped, Inglewood-born chain—which opened its first location in an abandoned Church’s drive-thru on La Brea—is going to repeat its strategy. After announcing they will be opening its first Long Beach location inside a—you guessed it—former Church’s drive-thru last year, officials have said that the city can expect the brick-and-mortar to finally open its doors the first quarter of this year.
The space at 5801 Cherry Ave. saw Church’s shutter in December of 2024, the very month Storm Burger opened its doors in Inglewood.
Reinne’s Place is taking huge steps toward openings its brick-and-mortar
Reinne’s Place is taking huge steps toward its formal backing from a pop-up into an actual brick-and-mortar, as owner Tommy Le said we can expect the coffee shop to open “in the coming months.”
Birthed out of tragedy—in October of 2022, Tommy and his wife, Reinne, were struck by a drunk driver traveling on the wrong side of the freeway, later claiming the life of Reinne—the coffee shop is both a literal living memorial and a space for those to grasp this thing we call life. Customers are encouraged to leave notes on paper checks, ranging from apologies to I-Miss-Yous to simply a name…