{"id":485056,"date":"2026-10-04T19:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/485056\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T19:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T19:36:23","slug":"latin-american-flavors-are-celebrated-at-latino-restaurant-week-long-beach-pasadena-star-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/485056\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American flavors are celebrated at Latino Restaurant Week Long Beach \u2013 Pasadena Star News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of Long Beach\u2019s best Latino-owned restaurants will be taking part in Latino Restaurant Week of Long Beach, which returns Oct. 5-11 with more than a dozen restaurants participating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to make sure we highlighted the contributions Latinos are doing here in Long Beach,\u201d said Roberto Carlos Lemus, one of the organizers of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike events like the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/05\/06\/these-are-5-must-try-restaurants-for-dine-latino-restaurant-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dine LA Restaurant Week<\/a>, restaurants in Long Beach will not be offering prix-fix menus but instead will create specific dishes for Latino Restaurant Week at various prices, usually involving money-saving specials. The celebration will feature chef demonstrations and cultural performances showcasing the Latino food community in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople will have a chance to explore new restaurants and try specials at a lower price than they usually would,\u201d Lemus said.<\/p>\n<p>While the menus are still being developed, some of the well known spots that diners will not want to miss include Birrier\u00eda Tepechi, a family-owned restaurant at 1440 Santa Fe Ave. that serves traditional, Jalisco-style goat birria using a family recipe passed down from four generations. Also worth a try is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2024\/12\/05\/meet-the-new-chef-at-long-beachs-hotel-maya-and-fuego\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fuego<\/a> at 700 Queensway Drive at Hotel Maya. The beachside eatery serves modern Latin bites and high-end drinks. Another option for those who want to expand beyond Mexican food is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2014\/04\/23\/take-a-trip-along-the-honduran-coast-with-authentic-dishes-from-honduras-kitchen-in-long-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honduras Kitchen<\/a> at 1909 E. Fourth St., which makes Central American dishes.<\/p>\n<p>And exploring Latino-owned restaurants that don\u2019t serve traditional Mexican or even Latin American food is one of the goals of Restaurant Week, Lemus said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Some of Long Beach's best Latino owned restaurants will be high on the menu in Long Beach thanks to the return of Latino Restaurant Week. The Long Beach edition of the weeklong regional event Oct. 5-11 with more than a dozen restaurants taking part in the event. (Photo courtesy Latino Restaurant Week Long Beach)\" width=\"5776\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-DINELATINOLB-1002-2-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5813118\" \/>Some of Long Beach\u2019s best Latino owned restaurants will be high on the menu in Long Beach thanks to the return of Latino Restaurant Week. The Long Beach edition of the weeklong regional event Oct. 5-11 with more than a dozen restaurants taking part in the event. (Photo courtesy Latino Restaurant Week Long Beach)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave this a twist because Latinos, we\u2019re in every kitchen and it doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s just Latino food,\u201d Lemus said.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, Restaurant Week includes places like El Viejon Mariscos &amp; Sushi at 201 E. Broadway. This unique restaurant mixes traditional Mexican seafood like ceviches, shrimp and fish tacos and aguachiles, with creative sushi rolls .<\/p>\n<p>For more information and updated menus go to <a href=\"https:\/\/latinorestaurantweeklbc.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latinorestaurantweeklbc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of Long Beach\u2019s best Latino-owned restaurants will be taking part in Latino Restaurant Week of Long Beach,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,131,133,132,137,412,420],"class_list":["post-485056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-restaurants","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485056","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=485056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}