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Chef Jason Witzl to take over Picarelli’s space with American comfort concept, Gigi’s

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By Brian Addison Verified
| Longbeachize
Ellie’s in Alamitos Beach. Ginger’s directly next door. Jolie on Coronado Island in San Diego. And now, Chef Jason Witzl—along with an incredible crew that includes partner Molly Sirody and Chef Patrick Claytor, formerly of Heritage and Olive & Rose—is ready to introduce Gigi’s. And they’re taking over a space that the community has long desired to have activated. The former Picarelli’s space in East Long Beach. Photo by Mikael Enevoldsen. For years, the hulking, conspicuously empty space at 6204 E.
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Favorite things I’m eating right now in Long Beach: August 2026

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By Brian Addison Verified
| Longbeachize
Missed out on Brian Addison’s Favorite Things of past? We got you covered—just click here. Too many years back, I wrote a very self-indulgent listicle that was about so-called “essential” Long Beach dishes; dishes that I loved and could depend on as long as that place existed—and I wrote it because there’s something so elemental and useful about a specific great dish at a specific place.
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Loquat Oysters to take up residency at Art Theatre in Long Beach

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By Brian Addison Verified
| Longbeachize
What began with a home oyster knife, a love of New Orleans, and one wonderfully tiny truck is becoming something much larger: Loquat Oysters is taking up residency inside RetRoll Sushi at the Art Theatre on 4th Street. Beginning Sunday, Sept. 6, Long Beach locals Lucky and Liz Huon will take over the RetRoll space every Sunday through Tuesday, serving the raw, dressed, fried and charcoal-grilled oysters that have earned Loquat an intensely loyal following.
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