{"id":508790,"date":"2026-10-26T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508790\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:48:08","slug":"balboa-islands-famed-frozen-banana-stand-is-expanding-to-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508790\/","title":{"rendered":"Balboa Island\u2019s Famed Frozen Banana Stand Is Expanding to Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph u67w0ti va4xi81 va4xi80 e8cira1\">Sugar \u2018n Spice opened on the picturesque Balboa Island in 1945 and has gained a cult following for its frozen treats, including the iconic dipped banana, spumoni ice cream cake, frozen tiramisu dipped in chocolate, and a vanilla ice cream\u2013based Balboa bar. It also offers scoops of ice cream in flavors such as vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and rocky road. The Long Beach outpost will be Sugar \u2018n Spice\u2019s second location and will mark the first expansion outside of Balboa Island.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner lands at Holy Basil Arts District<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph u67w0ti va4xi81 va4xi80 e8cira1\">Holy Basil\u2019s new location in the Arts District will begin dinner service on Monday, October 26. The restaurant will be open for lunch from 12 to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday, and for dinner from 5 to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The Arts District Holy Basil is closed on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles lands on Food &amp; Wine\u2019s best pizza in America list<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph u67w0ti va4xi81 va4xi80 e8cira1\">Three Los Angeles restaurants \u2014 Pizzeria Sei, Pijja Palace, and Quarter Sheets \u2014 made the cut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/best-pizza-in-america-12160341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food &amp; Wine\u2019s best pizza in America roundup<\/a>. The rest of the pack includes restaurants such as New York\u2019s Ceres and Philadelphia\u2019s Down North Pizza.<\/p>\n<p>A new happy hour menu at Yi Cha<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph u67w0ti va4xi81 va4xi80 e8cira1\">Chef Debbie Lee\u2019s Highland Park modern pocha, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/919900\/yi-cha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yi Cha<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Der9SVpD6UD\/?dlrf=Ym5kd2w2NHh3OW83\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">just updated its happy hour<\/a> with a new menu and discounted beers. Head to the restaurant all day on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, or between 4 and 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday for loaded hot dogs, gochujang Buffalo wings, kimchi arancini, and $1 Orion on draft.<\/p>\n<p>Halloween block party at Joint Seafood<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph u67w0ti va4xi81 va4xi80 e8cira1\">Joint Seafood\u2019s Downtown Los Angeles location is <a href=\"https:\/\/partiful.com\/e\/d31MonBlbqqtRjH8IqmU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hosting a Halloween party<\/a> with local vendors and a raffle on Sunday, October 25, from 5 to 9 p.m. Head over to grab bites from Birria Pa La Cruda and Domestic BBQ; those in costume can enter into a raffle with prizes including a butcher\u2019s box, Uochiba roll sets, and a Joint T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sugar \u2018n Spice opened on the picturesque Balboa Island in 1945 and has gained a cult following for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1698,8472,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-508790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-coming-attractions","tag-la-restaurant-news","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\/508790","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=508790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}