Galata's ice cream master, Erkan Gozal, specializes in the "ice cream show," flipping and swapping cones, toying with the customers and adding a sense of whimsy to the Long Beach scoop shop.

In this week’s Shop Talk column, read about two new local restaurants, including one with a 100% plant-based menu, and a new women’s clothing store. SPALTI SPACE BECOMES GREEK-TURKISH RESTAURANT … ...

Making Turkish coffee the traditional way is a beautiful process, as demonstrated by Lasha Takalandze in the recently opened Penny’s Coffee Shop, the business he owns with his wife. Takalandze heats ...

The ice cream flips, twists and floats just out of reach, attached to one end of a long silver scooping staff being controlled by a professional trickster on the other side of the counter. The second ...