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Inaugural Long Beach Burger Week

August 02, 2021

Long Beach residents and visitors alike are in for a treat as dozens of local restaurants and food retailers will offer unique over-the-top Burgers and value-priced Burger Offers when the inaugural Long Beach Burger Week just launched through August 8.  Organized by local non-profit Long Beach Food & Beverage and thanks to a generous grant from the City of Long Beach, executive director Terri Henry, who brought the original restaurant week to Long Beach with partners in 2014, felt that in addition to encouraging local and surrounding "foodies” to enjoy what the expanding Long Beach culinary community has to offer, events like Burger…

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Sugar ‘n Spice the Original Frozen Banana Shop Ships Nationwide

July 06, 2021

Balboa Island’s beloved Sugar ‘n Spice, the Original Frozen Banana Shop, is going strong this summer. They also just partnered up with Goldbelly and are shipping their iconic treats nationwide. Now you can order your favorite treats and send them to friends and family just about anywhere. ️As the story goes, Sugar ‘n Spice’s Frozen Bananas were invented by accident in the 1940s when owners Bob and Dot Cook’s 12-year-old son, Don, accidentally stuck some bananas in the freezer instead of the fridge. Instead of being thrown out, they dunked them in chocolate and rolled them in toffee crumbs, and…

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