{"id":303309,"date":"2026-05-06T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/303309\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:04:09","slug":"pastaphony-expanding-to-long-beach-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/303309\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastaphony Expanding To Long Beach This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A brand that \u201cbrings the art of pasta to life\u201d is looking to expand its craft to Long Beach this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastaphony.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pastaphony<\/a> will take over the space at The Promenade at 210 E. Third St. that formerly belonged to Ubuntu Cafe, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachize.com\/articles\/oc-based-pastaphony-to-take-over-old-michaels-ubuntu-space-in-dtlb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Longbeachize<\/a>. The spot should open this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Pastaphony co-founder Leni Benbicaco confirmed the expansion in a brief phone call with What Now Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Southern California-based chain started in Orange County and has now expanded to five locations, including spots in Stanton, Tustin, Glendora, Fullerton and Carlsbad. There is also a location on the way to Anaheim.<\/p>\n<p>The spot specializes in fast-casual Italian fare, with build-your-own bowls offering classic Italian comfort food featuring various pastas, sauces, proteins and toppings to choose from. There are also sides such as garlic bread, salads and tiramisu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A brand that \u201cbrings the art of pasta to life\u201d is looking to expand its craft to Long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-303309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303309","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=303309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}