Category Archives: Places & Services

We entrust them with our loyalty and money while they provide us their professional services and spaces in return—services and spaces, mind you, that brighten our communities and organize our lives.

Gym

Olympix Fitness 4101 E Olympic Plaza 562-366-4600 olympixfitness.com Located steps from the beach near the Belmont Pier sits perhaps the city’s swankiest fitness club. Here you’ll find an array of group excercise classes, a cafe and juice bar, the newest gym equipment, and clean, classy locker rooms with steam rooms. The gym promises that it […]

Skate Shop

Moxi Roller Skate Shop 2132 E 4th St  562-434-8488 moxilongbeach.com With its pastel pink storefront, this shop in the heart of Retro Row is known for its expert staff and involvement with the local Roller Derby scene. The store specializes in quad roller skates specifically and can even turn almost any pair of shoes or […]

Spa

Spa Sidney 3519 E Broadway  562-433-9665 spasidney.com Voters said Spa Sidney gives the “best facials in town.” Located in Belmont Heights, this spa is a one-stop-shop that offers everything from facials to massages to haircuts to brow shaping.

Barber Shop

Syndicate Barber Shop 2749 E Broadway  562-433-7733 syndicatebarbershop.com Syndicate Barbershop: This Broadway corridor gem is the perfect place to get lined for an old school haircut, beard trim or even score one of the shop’s unique T-shirt designs. Established in 2002, Syndicate Barbershop has been churning out some of the best haircuts in Long Beach […]

Summer Camp

Rancho Los Cerritos Summer Camp 4600 Virginia Rd  562-206-2040 rancholoscerritos.org Kids can have fun and learn in the immersive, historic environment of Rancho Los Cerritos. Whether they’re panning for gold, making real adobe bricks or clay pots, the summer camp can get kids out of the house and learning new things.

Bank

LBS Financial Credit Union 4341 E 10th St (multiple locations) 562-598-9007 lbsfcu.org Whether you’re looking for friendly, professional service, low rates on loans, competitive savings rates, or convenient mobile account access, our readers feel that the search should stop at LBS Financial Credit Union. The member-only institution has four locations in the city and has over […]

Preschool

Precious Lamb Preschool Downtown Long Beach 562-243-1715 www.preciouslamb.org Precious Lamb Preschool was founded as a way to “break the cycle of homelessness” with children of at-risk famililes. Voters said preschool is life-changing and gives families “hope and a future.”

Best Place to take Out-of-Town Guests

2nd Street, Belmont Shore 200 Nieto Ave 200B  562-434-3066 belmontshore.org The Shore is the city’s top shopping and dining area and it’s a place where you can check out some of the other winners in the Post’s Best of Long Beach contest, including Open Sesame, voted the best restaurant in the area, and Rosie’s Dog […]

Tattoo Shop

Outer Limits Tattoo & Museum 22 S. Chestnut Pl.  562-437-9121 outerlimitstattoo.com As both the longest-running tattoo shop in America and one of the oldest in the world, Outer Limits is also the legendary historical tattoo site at the Pike. The shop is owned by Kari Barba, a legend in the tattoo industry, who runs a […]

Bicycle Shop

The Bicycle Stand 2740 East Broadway  562-279-4936 thebicyclestand.org Since opening The Bicycle Stand in 2011, Nicole Maltz and Evan Whitener have built a tight-knit community around their love for restoring classic steel frames. Although the shop specializes in vintage restoration, the team will work on just about any type of bike, and also organizes a […]