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The wood framing and caution tape boxed in by orange traffic barriers on Cartagena Street outside Lola’s Mexican Cuisine in Bixby Knolls marks off what’s expected to be the first permanent parklet added in Long Beach after the City Council announced an end date to the city’s temporary, pandemic-inspired outdoor dining program earlier this year.
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Luis Navarro, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Brenda, said it’s special that Lola’s location on Fourth Street installed the city’s first permanent outdoor-dinning parklet nearly a decade ago, and now the location at Atlantic Avenue and Cartagena appears to be the first post-pandemic addition of permanent outdoor dining spaces.
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Chef Phil Pretty is ready to open his second Long Beach restaurant this week. The singularly-named Heritage will operate on one side of the existing Heritage Sandwich Shop building, a remodeled Craftsman he runs with his sister Lauren Pretty during the day, with plans to format a more upscale fine dining menu at night.
For the opening, Pretty tells Eater that his menu will feature mostly small plates that rotate from Pasture bird poultry to scallops and smoked pork belly with pickled cherries and cheese polenta, plus desserts like a sweet corn pavlova. The Prettys had initially planned to operate the evening-only version of Heritage as a tasting menu, but COVID-19 made them shift to a la carte for the time being. That said, Pretty says his sourcing will remain the same, including Santa Monica farmers market produce, local Long Beach-sourced seafood, and cheese from Oh La Vache on Fourth Street. The restaurant will also have its own on-site garden, and a liquor