Long Beach Black Restaurant Week: A Culinary Tour with Koco McAboy

Celebrating Long Beach Black Restaurant Week

• 🗓️ Long Beach Black Restaurant Week is a week-long celebration highlighting the diverse food scene in Long Beach, running until January 31st.
• 🎤 Koco McAboy from Good Day LA takes viewers on a tour of participating restaurants, showcasing their unique offerings and culinary passion.

Miller Butler Pizza: Artisan Pizza Craftsmanship

• 🍕 Miller Butler Pizza, a mobile wood-fired pizza business, recently launched a takeout service from the Partake Collective.
• ✨ Their pizzas are artisan and handmade, featuring a 48-hour dough ferment, fresh farmer's market ingredients, house-made sauces, and unique flavor combinations like 'The Bougie' (pesto, prosciutto, arugula, honey, parmesan) and 'Fungy' (miso cream sauce, mushrooms, potatoes).
• 🍽️ Beyond pizza, they offer full-service catering, including pasta, sliders, meatballs, vegan ceviche, chicken and waffles, and live paella stations.

High Tea Experience by Fresh Off The Yacht Catering

• ☕ Fresh Off The Yacht Catering offers a unique high tea experience, inspired by Chef Melissa Ramsay's mother's extensive teapot collection.
• 🌸 The mobile tea service hosts themed tea parties, featuring a three-course lunch and a selection of teapots for guests to use.
• 🎟️ For Long Beach Black Restaurant Week, tickets purchased this week receive a 15% discount on packages for their high tea events.
• 📍 The tea experiences are hosted in partnership with Events on Pine, a new venue in Long Beach suitable for various private events.

Panama International: A Taste of Panamanian Culture

• 🇵🇦 Panama International is the only Panamanian restaurant on the West Coast, dedicated to showcasing Panama's culture, arts, and vibrant food.
• 📍 The restaurant recently relocated to Long Beach after four years on Wilshire Boulevard.
• 🌟 Signature dishes include their stuffed snapper (with lobster, clams, shrimp, snow crab), steamed clams (almeas), and house ceviche.
• 🤝 The restaurant is excited to participate in Long Beach Black Restaurant Week to share their cultural cuisine with a wider audience.

Cultured Soul: Alabama Soul Food in Long Beach

• 🍲 Cultured Soul brings authentic Alabama soul food to Long Beach, a passion project of Chef Jamie Armstead.
• 🚚 Previously a food truck, the restaurant now offers a dine-in experience, serving staples like crispy fried catfish with creamy grits, honey butter biscuits, spicy gumbo, slow-smoked barbecue, and fried chicken.
• 🌟 Their highly popular oxtails, a recipe from Chef Armstead's sister, sell out daily.
• ❤️ The restaurant's culinary inspiration comes from Chef Armstead's grandmother, Miss Alice Louise Mason, who taught him traditional cooking methods as a way of showing love.
• 🤝 Chef Armstead is also involved with Jumpstart Long Beach, a community organization that serves meals to the unhoused population.