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Long Beach is the second most populous city in Los Angeles County and the 5th largest city in the state with a population around 442,000. Aerospace is a major employer. Other local employment includes hospitals and medical, city government, tourism, shipping, manufacturing, high tech and retail.
About 24 miles from downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach is a short drive from business hub Orange County. Long Beach’s light rail service ties into the L.A. Metro and four freeways run through the city. It has its own municipal airport.
Housing varies with a rich architectural heritage of Spanish Mission-style, Victorian and California bungalows side by side sharing neighborhood space. Beach living mixes hi-rises, artists’ colonies, California bungalows and casual apartment living. Most middle class homes have three bedrooms. There are almost twice as many single-family homes as apartments.
The Long Beach School District was the first to make school uniforms mandatory. There are two community colleges, Long Beach City College and Los Angeles Harbor College and a large state university, Cal State University Long Beach with 28,000 students.
You’ll never be bored with three performing art centers, four museums, galleries, shopping, restaurants and movie theatres. Sports fans can cheer for their own hockey team, the Ice Dogs or the Grand Prix.
Get some exercise at the 62 parks, 40 tennis courts, miles of bicycle trails or hoofing it through the Queen Mary. The once ocean liner is now a 365 room hotel with daily tours, restaurants, wedding chapel and ballroom.
A newly opened 150,000 square foot state-of-the-art Aquarium of the Pacific attracts all ages. And speaking of water, the state’s largest owned marina has 3,400 boat slips, harbor cruises and romantic gondola rides in Naples. | |
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RESTAURANTS
American ~ Californian
Bono's
Californian ~ $$$
4901 E. Second Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
562.434.9501 ~ www.bonoslongbeach.com
Lasher's
American ~ $$$
3441 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803
562.433.0153 ~ www.lashersrestaurant.com
The Sky Room
American ~ $$$
The Historic Breakers Building
40 S. Locust Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
562.983.2703 ~ www.theskyroom.com
Asian ~ Sushi
Sushi Saurus
Japanese &Sushi ~ $$
5260 E 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
562.439.1950
Sushi Studio
Japanese & Thai ~ $$
4917 E. Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90804
562.498.9008
Yen Sushi & Sake Bar
Sushi ~ $$
4905 E. Second Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
562.434.5757
Italian
Christy's
Italian ~ $$$
3937 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803
562.433.7133 ~ www.christyslongbeach.com
L'Opera
Northern Italian ~ $$$
101 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
562.491.0066 ~ www.lopera.com
Mexican ~ Latin ~ Spanish
Alegria Cafe & Tapas Bar
Latin & Spanish ~ $$
115 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802
310.436.3388
Seafood ~ Steaks
555 East
Steakhouse ~ $$$
555 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802
562.437.0626 ~ www.555east.com
Parker's Lighthouse
Seafood ~ $$$
435 Shoreline Village Drive, Long Beach, CA 90802
562.432.6500 ~ www.parkerslighthouse.com
The Reef on the Water
American Seafood & Steakhouse ~ $$$
880 S. Harbor Scenic Drive, Long Beach, CA 90802
562.435.8013
Sir Winston's on the Queen Mary
Continental Steaks & Seafood ~ $$$
1126 Queen's Highway, Long Beach, CA 90802
562.435.3511 ~ www.queenmary.com
Other ~ Ethnic
Frenchy's Bistro
French ~ $$$
4137 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, CA 90804
562.494.8787 ~ www.frenchysbistro.com
Sunnin
Lebanese ~ $
5110 E. Second Street, Long Beach, CA 90803
562.433.9000 ~ www.sunnin.com | |
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