Business Beat: New poke, space deal, convention award, more

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Fresh Poke

Poke2 Grill successful the Hangar astatine Long Beach Exchange, 4069 Lakewood Blvd., celebrated their expansive opening past weekend. It is BYOB (build-your-own-bowl) style, wherever diners customize their meals with their favourite toppings and flavors. Poke2 Grill uses the caller ingredients and offers unsocial toppings similar Hot Cheetos, mixed nuts, and mustard effect shoyu flavoring.

This is the 2nd Poke2 for owners Karen Pak and Sarah Kim, who proceed to ain and run the archetypal Downey location.

Space Beach

Rocket Lab USA, astatine 3881 McGowen St. successful Long Beach, has acquired Advanced Solutions, Inc. (ASI). This enactment continues to reenforce the Space Beach moniker that Long Beach has precocious gained.

The acquisition is expected to accelerate the maturation of Rocket Lab’s Space Systems business, according to a property merchandise sent by the company. In addition, the merchandise notes the determination volition fortify the company’s presumption arsenic a starring end-to-end abstraction company

Advanced Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has supported galore abstraction missions, according to a release. Rocket Lab, founded successful 2006, and has had occurrence with launches — its Photon spacecraft level has been selected to enactment NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, the merchandise said.

Visitors welcomed

“Best successful the West” for 5 years moving — that grant has been earned by the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau by the Northstar Meetings’ Stella Awards. Long Beach is the first metropolis successful the country to triumph 5 consecutive years arsenic the champion of their region, an grant that recognizes excellence successful the lawsuit industry.

“Winners are selected by clients and peers, and it is rewarding to spot that we are being recognized for our efforts to present exceptional work and experiences,” Steve Goodling, President & CEO of the Long Beach CVB, said successful a written statement.

Electric bikes

A store selling precocious extremity Formula 1-style electrical bikes volition beryllium opening successful mid-November successful Naples.

The lease has been signed for the 6,000-square-foot Naples storefront connected the westbound broadside of the gathering that Naples Sushi occupied astatine 5470 E. Second St. The abstraction was astir precocious aesculapian offices.

Monica Clark, CEO of Shujaa Electric Bike Company, has already started remodeling the space. Major coating is implicit and caller flooring volition beryllium installed soon.

Great location

The folks astatine Joe Jost’s are sounding similar Mr. Rogers and saying “Won’t you beryllium my neighbor?” The storefront that was for galore years Fisherman’s Hardware is present for lease — and it is close adjacent doorway to Long Beach’s oldest bar.

“It is perfect for a three-person bureau with nary walk-up traffic. The large hurdle is the proprietor is acrophobic astir COVID closures again and cannot spend to person the parking impacted until we are past each of this,” cause Douglas J. Shea of Centennial Advisers said.

Fish and costumes

San Pedro Fish Market astatine 6550 Marina Drive is hosting its first-ever Día de los Muertos Celebration connected Saturday, Oct. 30 done Monday, Nov. 1. Hours are from 9 a.m.–9 p.m. connected Saturday, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. connected Sunday, and 11 a.m.–8 p.m. connected Monday.

Seafood lovers are invited to deterioration costumes and acquisition nutrient and portion specials portion overlooking the Alamitos Bay Marina. During the celebration, the edifice is offering gourmet tacos for $2.99 each oregon each 4 for $10.99.

The edifice is besides offering a brunch favorite, Lobsta Poutine ($24.99) passim the 3-day event. Drink specials see bargain 1 margarita ($12.99), get the 2nd for 25¢, and extra-large 72 oz. Micheladas served family-style ($35).

Open house

TIER, Inc., astatine 6695 E. Pacific Coast Highway, volition beryllium hosting a escaped lawsuit successful the parking batch crossed from Pa’s Pumpkin Patch. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, the wellness marque created by 2 endurance athletes- turned-doctors launches TIER Wellness successful Long Beach with an lawsuit that includes the accidental to conscionable Gold Medalist swimmer Abbey Weitzeil and different inspiring Olympians and trial retired escaped wellness treatments.

In addition, the escaped outdoor faire volition showcase the company’s services by offering attendees the accidental to larn astir the latest products from apical wellness brands.

Live amusement volition beryllium provided by DJ Bateeza, determination volition beryllium conscionable and greets with Olympians, escaped henna tattoos, raffles, nutrient trucks, look coating and balloon animals.

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