{"id":140297,"date":"2026-01-19T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140297\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:28:09","slug":"sweetgreen-opens-first-long-beach-location-this-week-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140297\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweetgreen opens first Long Beach location this week \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach\u2019s Marketplace shopping center is about to get a little sweeter with the opening of the health-conscious fast casual chain Sweetgreen, which is slated to make its debut in the city on Tuesday, Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong Beach is a community that truly values health, sustainability, and lives the sweetlife. We\u2019re excited to serve fresh, made-from-scratch food and become a part of everyday life here,\u201d said Jonathan Neman, co-founder and CEO of Sweetgreen in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The new 1,947-square foot space will be 6451 East Pacific Coast Highway with seating for up to 42 diners.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/01\/05\/orange-county-vietnamese-restaurant-brodard-to-open-location-in-long-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach<\/a> location will include Sweetgreen\u2019s newest launch, the Function Menu, which features options like the Spicy Reset Bowl, Nutrient Power Plate, and the Omega Salad.<\/p>\n<p>The chain was founded in 2007 with a focus on serving fast food made with local farm ingredients. It currently has more than 260 locations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In November the chain opened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2025\/11\/12\/sweetgreen-opening-first-infinite-kitchen-drive-thru-in-orange-county\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its first drive-thru location<\/a> with an automated kitchen in Orange County at 280 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa.<\/p>\n<p>For more information go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetgreen.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sweetgreen.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach\u2019s Marketplace shopping center is about to get a little sweeter with the opening of the health-conscious&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,131,133,132,137,412,580,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-140297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-long-beach","10":"tag-long-beach-headlines","11":"tag-long-beach-news","12":"tag-los-angeles-county","13":"tag-restaurants","14":"tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","15":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}