Drinks in Long Beach

A Hungarian barber named Joe Jost opened a shop on Anaheim Street in 1924 and started serving beer on the side, and the family has run it on the same block ever since. Beer comes in a heavy glass schooner, and what people order with it is a pickled egg and a Joe's Special, which is a Polish sausage split and stacked on rye with Swiss and pickle. There are pool tables at the back and peanut shells on the floor. Cash and card both work now but the prices still read like an argument against inflation.

Mon to Sat, 10am to 10pm. Sun, 10am to 9pm

A 2nd Street bar that has been pouring since 1979 and claims a hand in inventing the American sports bar, with the old Rams and Raiders memorabilia still nailed up to prove it. Screens cover the walls and the booths face them. The kitchen does a tri-tip sandwich. It runs to two in the morning Thursday through Saturday and opens at nine on weekends for the early games.

Mon to Wed, 11am to 10:30pm. Thu and Fri, 11am to 2am. Sat, 9am to 2am. Sun, 9am to 10:30pm

A German pub on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls, open since 2016, with more than thirty German and Belgian taps and a covered patio out the back that does most of the seating. Food is schnitzel and sausage with spaetzle, in portions sized for the beer. It fills with neighborhood regulars rather than with anyone who drove across the county for it.

Mon to Thu, 4pm to 10:30pm. Fri and Sat, 11:30am to 11pm. Sun, 11:30am to 10pm

A 1950s corner bar at Broadway and Redondo with pin-up art on the walls, a pool table and a jukebox. It opens at six in the morning, which tells you who the regulars are, and it is still pouring at two. The taqueria attached to it, Cocorenos, sends food through to the bar so you can eat without leaving your stool.

Daily, 6am to 2am

A dark bar on the ground floor of the BroadLind Hotel on Linden, a block and a half off Broadway. The list is long on American whiskey and the house drink is an Old Fashioned made without ceremony. Seating is benches and a few tables, and the volume stays low enough to talk. It opens at five and runs to two every night of the week, which is rare in downtown Long Beach.

Daily, 5pm to 2am