{"id":469665,"date":"2026-09-20T03:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469665\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T03:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T03:51:11","slug":"long-beach-torta-and-sandwich-legend-sliced-diced-returns-for-one-day-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469665\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach torta and sandwich legend Sliced & Diced returns for one day only"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long before A&J Seafood Shack\u2026 Long before Frank\u2019n\u2019Fries\u2026 The little shack at the northeast corner of Obispo and Anaheim was Sliced & Diced. It was a beloved torta and sandwich shop that captured the hearts of many during its two-year tenure.<\/p>\n

For years, owners and spouses Amy Eriksen and Griselda Su\u00e1rez have heard the same question from people who remember their little purple sandwich shop: When can we eat your sandwiches again?<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Sept. 22\u2014as part of the citywide fundraiser for nonprofits that is Long Beach Gives<\/a>\u2014they\u2019ll have an answer. <\/p>\n

\"slicedSliced & Diced as it was when it was open at Anaheim and Obispo. Courtesy of Amy Eriksen.<\/p>\n

Sliced & Diced returns for one day only at both Lola\u2019s locations<\/p>\n

Sliced & Diced, which closed more than a decade ago, is returning for one night through a collaboration with Lola\u2019s Mexican Cuisine at their 4th Street location only. The pop-up will raise money for Angels Gate Cultural Center, where Amy now serves as executive director.<\/p>\n

\"slicedGriselda Su\u00e1rez [left] and Amy Eriksen [right] at the Farmers\u2019 Market in 2011. Courtesy of business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we miss our restaurant every now and then too,\u201d Amy said. \u201cUs and Luis and Brenda [of Lola\u2019s] have talked about bringing the sandwiches back over the years\u2026 And Long Beach Gives\u2014the city\u2019s biggest fundraiser for nonprofits\u2014provided the perfect reason to finally make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy hopes the event can raise $7,500 for Angels Gate and its arts programming across the South Bay, including in Long Beach Unified schools.<\/p>\n

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\"slicedSliced & Diced\u2019s El Dorado torta being assembled. Photos by Griselda Su\u00e1rez. <\/p>\n

What is being offered for Sliced & Diced\u2019s one-day special?<\/p>\n

The two sandwiches on offer were among Sliced & Diced\u2019s favorites. Make your donation outside Lola\u2019s, then take your ticket into the restaurant to receive your sandwich.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0$50 donation\u00a0gets guests a ticket for the jalape\u00f1o popper grilled cheese, a special that became a permanent menu staple due to its popularity. Layers of roasted jalape\u00f1os, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese are stuffed between slices of parmesan-crusted bread. Adults and kids alike rightfully love this sandwich.<\/p>\n

\"slicedSliced & Diced\u2019s jalape\u00f1o grilled cheese. Photo by Griselda Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0$75 donation\u00a0gets you the El Dorado Torta. Layered with Peruvian beans, cheese, shredded cabbage, and pico de gallo, it\u2019s then topped with spinach, mushrooms, and pasilla peppers. Guests can add chicken or carne asada to the torta. Looking for heat? The space\u2019s famed Walnut Chile sauce can be added to make it spicy or you can add Lola\u2019s much-loved green salsa. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a real, true collaboration,\u201d Amy said. \u201cAnd to say I wasn\u2019t slightly gleeful in watching the Lola\u2019s team cook our food would be an outright lie,\u201d she said, laughing.<\/p>\n

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\"slicedSliced & Diced as it looked when it was open in 2013-2015. Photos by Brian Addison.<\/p>\n

Looking back at Sliced & Diced\u2026<\/p>\n

When I visited Sliced & Diced for its first anniversary in 2014<\/a>, Amy and Griselda were making sandwiches in a tiny storefront with a wall of growing kale, lettuce, and herbs outside. The shop grew out of the sauces and moles they had been selling at farmers\u2019 markets, and its menu reflected their determination to give their neighborhood something fresh and distinctly their own.<\/p>\n

Amy began working at Angels Gate while she and Griselda were still running the restaurant. She has been with the San Pedro nonprofit for about 16 years, including 11 as executive director. Now in its 45th year, Angels Gate houses 50 artist studios, a 3,000-square-foot gallery and four classrooms that host more than 25 classes each week. Its work also reaches beyond campus through exhibitions, events, and school arts residencies, including 12-week programs in Long Beach Unified schools.<\/p>\n

For Amy, the pop-up brings together the community that remembers Sliced & Diced and the work that has occupied her since it closed. For everyone who has spent the intervening years asking after those sandwiches, Tuesday is a chance to taste two of them again\u2014and support the arts at the same time.<\/p>\n

Sliced & Diced\u2019s one-day pop-up will take place at Lola\u2019s 4th Street location at 2030 E. 4th Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long before A&J Seafood Shack\u2026 Long before Frank\u2019n\u2019Fries\u2026 The little shack at the northeast corner of Obispo and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[148680,35704,147667,167476,131,133,145941,132,28136,184822],"class_list":["post-469665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-alamitos-beach-4th-street","tag-bixby-knolls","tag-food-drink-collaborations","tag-fusion-cuisine","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-history","tag-long-beach-news","tag-mexican-cuisine","tag-nonprofits-community-partnerships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469665","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=469665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}