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In Photos: Inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls leaves mouths watering

byRichard H. Grant, Photo Editor
October 17, 2022
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Gorgonzola fries topped with bacon bits, gorgonzola cheese and green onions from EJ’s pub are handed to a customer at the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
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The Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA) hosted its first Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Sunday, bringing together restaurants and businesses along the Atlantic Corridor for sample-sized tastings of the best that Bixby has to offer. 

After two months of planning, 46 businesses participated in the events, including some of the neighborhood’s most popular restaurants and breweries. 

Restaurants along the corridor offered tastings of some of their most popular dishes that visitors could buy with event tickets. Ticket sales help in part to fund activities and programs that the BKBIA support throughout the year, such as the popular First Fridays events.

A tasting-ticket purchase also came with a wristband that residents could use for discounts at participating retail shops.  

The event was sponsored by fifth district councilwoman Stacy Mungo Flanigan and the Long Beach Airport, who provided grants.

3-year-old Emily and 6-year-old Orion Floresca hold some of the sample food from Rasslebock in their mouths while their parents sip on some Oktoberfest-style beer during the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
An employee of Tony’s Kitchen holds out BBQ pork ribs with a glossy red barbecue sauce as a sampler for the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Patrons line up outside of the EXPO Arts Center to get some sample-sized tastes of what the neighborhood has to offer at the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A ribbon of molten white gorgonzola cheese is poured onto waiting waffle fries as steam lifts from the warm cheesy ladle outside of EJ’s Pub showcasing their beloved gorgonzola fries during the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A volunteer for the Taste of Bixby Knolls event holds out a strip of five tickets that are used to purchase food and drinks for the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. Ticket sales will go toward the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association to support various programs throughout the year. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Johnny Chhom, the owner of Sweet Grass Sugarcane Juice, holds a cup of his cold-pressed strawberry sugarcane juice toward the camera at the Taste of Bixby Knolls on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
Cotija cheese is sprinkled on top of a poblano pepper and cheese tamale from Lola’s Mexican Cuisine during the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
The driver for the Big RED Bus looks back toward the riders as she continues to shuttle them around the Atlantic corridor for the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
A young boy looks towards one of the classic cars on display at the inaugural Taste of Bixby Knolls event on Oct. 16, 2022, at George’s 50’s Diner. (Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune)
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