No matter how you dice it, lists like these will always remain incomplete because there are spaces deserving of attention but aren’t listed-but this particular list is one I feel worth celebrating and it is thanks to the generous support of Zaia Estates, one of the city’s best realtors and largest supporters of the local food scene. And some that have returned after being removed because they re-deserve the limelight. Given that, there both newbies and some repeats-and there are repeats because they just still fly under the radar, even after years of operation, and are rarely mentioned. That’s been going on for a few years now and, with it, comes change-and, admittedly, the fact that this will always be incomplete because there are always more that deserve the same nod. When I first published my underrated (not necessarily the best-repeat: not necessarily the best) restaurants on Longbeachize in 2017, it was, at the time, my most popular piece, a testament to the fact that Long Beach’s culinary scene was flourishing.
