A new Thai spot on Main and local restaurant news || 1.16.25

Hey there HBers.

As always, I’m Ethan and this is Around HB: your weekly newsletter for everything Huntington Beach.

In today’s edition…

• Lots of local restaurant news

• A classic car show and other events

• Featured Pet, Featured Home, live music

EVENTS

🍻 TH @ 5:30p - enjoy Pint Night at Fritzankotters with El Segundo Brewing Company and live music by Koa Hord (LINK)

👀 FRI @ 6p - swing by The Bungalow for Friday Mix and Mingle (LINK)

🏎️ SAT @ 1p - The Slave 2 Nothing Foundation hosts Cruisin’ 2 Freedom, a car show to fight human trafficking (LINK)

🧘‍♀️ SUN @ 6p - close out your weekend with a Green Serenity Yoga Workshop at Houseplant Nation (LINK)

🎤 WED @ 6p - learn about HB history at Founders' Legacy with author Chris Epting (LINK)

📚️ WED @ 6:30p - join Brightwaters for their monthly book club (LINK)

👟 next TH @ 10a - get some sun at this HB Mom Walk (LINK)

🏆️ next TH @ 11:30a - Meadowlark Golf Club hosts the Best of HB Awards Luncheon on Jan 23 (LINK)

NEWS

Thai restaurant soft opens on Main 🍜 

Mama on Main Thai House soft opened last week, across from where El Ranchito used to be (Yelp link)

Dwight’s closes temporarily 🔥

Unrelated to the LA wildfires, Dwight’s has shut down temporarily after a fire broke out Monday night (LINK)

Calico turns into national donation hub 🧡 

Shoutout to Chef Andrew & Lauren Gruel for organizing and delivering aid packages for wildfire victims (video link // article link)

PS - Lauren’s stories on Instagram have info for folks who want to volunteer and help (LINK)

FEATURED PET

Red is an ~11 month-old German Shepherd mix currently up for adoption via the SAFE Rescue Team (LINK)

FEATURED HOME

A beautiful 5 bed 5.5 bath in the Peninsula Park community, walking distance from SeaCliff Elementary, listed for $3.1M (LINK)

FEATURED JOBS

• Business Systems Project Manager at Teacher Created Materials · $90-155k/yr (LINK)

• Assistant Director of Finance at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants (LINK)

• Behavior Technician at Autism Learning Partners · $22-27.50/hr (LINK)

• Accounts Payable Specialist at The Huntington Club · $21-24/hr (LINK)

As a friendly reminder, these are always local jobs!

LIVE MUSIC

Thursday, January 16

• Fritzankotters · Koa Hord @ 5:30p

• 2nd Floor · Pollen Collective @ 7p

Friday, January 17

• Mother’s Tavern · Sandra North @ 5p

• Beale’s Texas BBQ · Bubba & The Big Bad Blues @ 6p

• Sebastiani’s · Lili Lewis @ 6p

• Baci · Cheryl Silverstein & Brad Bietry @ 6:30p

• Pelican Isle · The Blue Byrdes @ 7p

• Old World HB Biergarten · Forever Sevenfold, Parano, Sweet Revenge @ 8p

• Surf Dog’s · The Tone Bros @ 8p

• Cruisers · Rawnsley @ 8p

• Perqs · Ian Biggs @ 9p

• Tumbleweeds · ABC Trio @ 9p

• Old Crow Smokehouse · Redneck Rodeo @ 9:30p

Saturday, January 18

• Pacific City · Tom Norman @ 1p

• Mother’s Tavern · Dead End Friends @ 1p

• Mother’s Tavern · Cadillac Hubie @ 5p

• Old World HB Biergarten · Material Girl, Britney Beep @ 5p

• Sebastiani’s · David Grim @ 6p

• Beale’s Texas BBQ · Groovis Maximus @ 6p

• Bella Terra · Tanner Howe @ 6p

• Beach Hut Deli · Tanner Howe @ 6p

• Baci · Larry Fresch & Friends @ 6:30p

• J King Neptunes · The Blue Byrdes @ 8p

• Tumbleweeds · Arena Red with Charlotte LaRue @ 9p

• Perqs · Beer Goggles @ 9p

• Old Crow Smokehouse · MØNARK @ 9:30p

Sunday, January 19

• Bella Terra · Natalie Clark @ 12p

• Pacific City · Alan Levin @ 1p

• Mother’s Tavern · Quick Bizness @ 1p

• Baci · Nancy’s Cabaret (Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber) @ 6:30p

• Mother’s Tavern · The Blue Byrdes @ 5p

WEATHER

Thursday, Jan 16

63 🌡️ 49 | ☀️ | 0% | 💨 S 7 mph (6 knots)

Friday, Jan 17

59 🌡️ 51 | ⛅️ | 0% | 💨 SSE 7 mph (6 knots)

Saturday, Jan 18

61 🌡️ 49 | ⛅️ | 1% | 💨 SSE 5 mph (4 knots)

Sunday, Jan 19

59 🌡️ 48 | ☀️ | 3% | 💨 W 5 mph (4 knots)

If you have any questions, or events I should highlight, give me a shout. See ya next Thursday :-)

-Ethan