shorturl.at\/FxY95<\/a>.<\/p>\nMore Schooners<\/p>\n
Long Beach recently renewed the long-term lease of the popular waterfront restaurant Schooner or Later\u00a0 located on city-owned property at 241 North Marina Drive.<\/p>\n
Last May, the eatery celebrated 40 years in business.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first, the name was going to be \u2018Cafe on the Bay,\u2019\u201d the eatery\u2019s owner, Denise Lund, said in a previous interview. \u201cBut I am glad we ended up with Schooner or Later.\u201d<\/p>\n
Denise\u2019s late brother Denny and his friend Gary bought the business on Marina Drive in Alamitos Bay, after researching business ideas \u2014 including croissant shops. After about a year, the Lunds bought out Gary.<\/p>\n
The eatery at that location first opened in 1960, according to a Press-Telegram article. It was called Little Ships Galley and was \u201ca gathering place for mariners, sailors and would-be sailors,\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n
Earl and Helen Schultz, who owned the restaurant from 1960 to 1985, paid the city a mere 9% of their gross sales or $300 \u2014 whichever was greater \u2014 to rent the location, according to city records. How times have changed.<\/p>\n
Nowadays, the most popular menu item is an omelet called \u201cthe mess.\u201d It\u2019s the same omelet served at Schooner or Later in years past, but Lund has since upgraded the ingredients.<\/p>\n
Holiday drinking<\/p>\n
It seems like every watering hole in Long Beach has jumped on the festive seasonal drink bandwagon.<\/p>\n
Last week, I shared some details about Port City Tavern\u2019s nautical Christmas decorations and the huge inflatable Santa on its second story rooftop \u2014 but there are plenty more bars leaning into the season\u2019s festivities to enjoy.<\/p>\n
The Pike Bar on Fourth Street, for example, has a handful of holiday-inspired drinks on its menu \u2014 and if you\u2019re looking for a family-friendly group outing, they welcome kids before 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Beachwood Brewing & Distilling, at 3630 Atlantic Ave., has a holiday pop-up dubbed \u201cStep into The Sleigh Bar,\u201d offering a brand-new holiday cocktail menu and decked-out space.<\/p>\n
Angel\u2019s Share in Belmont Shore is the newest \u201cover the top\u201d holiday- \u201cblinked out\u201d with tinsel, lights, and a comprehensive holiday menu.<\/p>\n
Secret Island Tiki Restaurant & Lounge, a hidden speakeasy-style tiki bar downtown, is known for rum-heavy drinks \u2014 and plenty of others including Baby Gee, The Wicked Wolf Cocktail Bar + Tea Lounge & Caf\u00e9, Roxanne\u2019s, HALO Rooftop Bar at the Fairmont Breakers, and Shannon\u2019s On Pine Irish Pub & Sports Bar, all feature holiday inspired beverages.<\/p>\n
Two classic Long Beach bars that go all out for the holidays are The Bamboo Club \u2014 which has officially opened its \u201cTinsel Club\u201d tiki-themed pop-up for the season \u2014 and The Ordinaire\u2019s Miracle Pop-Up, with plenty of festive drinks and other activities to enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Need a last-minute gift for someone with connections to Long Beach? Some cool apparel featuring images of historical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,8132,3739,131,133,132,137,3738],"class_list":{"0":"post-90572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-grunion-business-beat","10":"tag-grunion-news","11":"tag-long-beach","12":"tag-long-beach-headlines","13":"tag-long-beach-news","14":"tag-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-the-grunion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90572","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=90572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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