Dining
Wood & Salt Tavern Debuts Liquor Menu and Cocktails
09.27.21
Cocktails have officially arrived at Wood & Salt Tavern, the newest Long Beach restaurant and bar from the duo behind “German Gastro Management,” the restaurant group comprising Central Los Angeles German restaurant and beer garden, Wirtshaus, and modern German eateries in Mar Vista and Long Beach, Rasselbock Kitchen & Beer Garden.
The now one-year-old Bixby Knolls neighborhood restaurant concept will serve its new liquor menu which highlights classic drinks constructed Wood & Salt-style. Wood & Salt Tavern joins Rasselbock Kitchen & Beer Garden’s Mar Vista location as the second restaurant from the team to offer a full bar.
Wood & Salt Tavern’s new Liquor Menu will include a tight list of signature cocktails along the lines of a pineapple basil Lemon Drop (with pineapple-basil infused vodka and a pineapple sugar rim), or the bar’s “Oaxacan Sour” (mezcal, tequila, lemon juice, Aquafaba, agave).
Diners and drinkers will choose their liquor from a domestic and international selection of small-batch spirits, with about two dozen choices of tequila, mezcal, gin, vodka, rum, and whiskey – including Kentucky-, Kansas City-, or Northern California-made bourbons, Takamine Koji Japanese Whiskey, and The Dalmore Scotch. Vermont-made gin sits neatly above a Belgian vodka and a Venezuelan rum, with a handful of Los Angeles-based spirits brands, also represented in those categories.
The newest full-service restaurant and bar from the hospitality group, Wood & Salt Tavern’s September 2020 soft-opening marked a departure from the team’s German-themed restaurants with its menus described by the group as "modern California" cuisine.
The concept encompasses a wood-fired grill turning out proteins like meat, fish, and seafood, plus handmade pasta crafted daily, in-house. Shareable plates, salads, sides, and desserts round out the menus which feature a number of vegetarian and gluten-free options. In addition to cocktails, the restaurant also boasts a specifically curated and more global beer and wine list than is currently offered at the group’s German restaurant locations.
The restaurant’s new Executive Chef, Philip Mack, who joined the group after serving most recently as Chef de Cuisine at the Newport Beach location of FIG & OLIVE, introduced a new seasonal menu structure with the next rendition – Wood & Salt Tavern’s fall menu – to launch late-September.
With the return of indoor dining, Wood & Salt Tavern’s 2,000 square feet now hosts diners both inside and out, including new bar seating. The restaurant can accommodate guests in its indoor dining space while the covered, yet open-air, front patio also hosts patrons for daily dinner service and for the return of a weekday cocktail hour promotion, as does the expansive, recently-constructed rear patio. Similar to the group’s other establishments, all outdoor spaces are dog-friendly.
Wood & Salt Tavern’s regularly shifting food and drink menus, which change with the seasons.
Wood & Salt Tavern’s hours are currently Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 9:30 PM; Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The restaurant and bar host a cocktail hour promo Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Friday, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wood & Salt Tavern is located at 4262 Atlantic Avenue (between E. Burlinghall Drive and Cartagena Street), Long Beach.
Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que Day of Giving for Food Banks
09.17.21
By popular demand, Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que is bringing back its special Chicken Shack Limited Time Menu and offering a day of giving for food banks.
Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que Chicken Shack menu returns to all locations offering a delicious lineup of slow-smoked and Southern-fried chicken favorites, premium sides, and a new appetizer, salad, and dessert.
On September 21, Lucille’s will offer a $5 Chicken Shack Snack plate for dine-in guests that include a mini order of new Flamin’ Hot® Cheetos® Popcorn Chicken, coleslaw, and a wedge of new Lucille’s Texas Sheet Cake.
One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit local area food banks that have been heavily impacted by the COVID pandemic. A special Lucille’s county fair event will take place at its Long Beach Towne Center restaurant featuring music, prizes and the Lucille’s on Wheels food truck offering the Chicken Shack Snack plate.
The new Lucille’s Chicken Shack menu includes:
Country Fair Popcorn Chicken – chicken marinated in Lucille’s own pickle juice then buttermilk-breaded, lightly fried, and served with a housemade tangy bang-bang sauce for dipping. Available in Classic or Flamin’ Hot® Cheetos® flavor.
Beer-Can Chicken – half beer-can chicken, slow-smoked with Lucille’s Blonde Ale and served with two swoon-worthy sides or in a combination meal with a half-rack of St. Louis Ribs.
Bangin’ Chicken Sandwich – a crispy buttermilk-fried chicken breast topped with Thai ginger slaw, dill pickles, and housemade bang-bang sauce served on a grilled brioche bun.
Carolina Beer-Can Chicken Sandwich – tender pulled chicken, tossed with a tangy Carolina Red BBQ sauce on a grilled potato bun slathered with housemade bang-bang sauce.
Buffalo Chicken Cobb Salad – tender crispy nuggets of buttermilk-fried chicken tossed in buffalo sauce and served with hard-boiled egg, cucumbers, avocado, tomatoes, bacon, and blue cheese crumbles with a creamy ranch dressing.
Lucille’s Texas Sheet Cake – inspired by the popular dessert – fudgy chocolate cake topped with rich chocolate frosting and diced pecans atop a dusting of powdered sugar.
Visit lucillesbbq.com for a location near you and more information.
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