Sunday, September 2, 2018

NEW: Bellflower jam;Bai Plu Bar, Halloween Store and Circle K liquor

"New" North Bellflower Blvd's first test comes on CSULB's first day
Picture of North Bound traffic on Bellflower Blvd. next to the YMCA on August 27, 2018 just after 5:00 pm

Monday August 27, 2018 was the first test of the new Bellflower Blvd. northbound reduced lanes from the Iron Triangle to Atherton Street. as tens of thousands of staff and students left the first day of classes at CSULB.


Backed up traffic on North Bellflower Blvd. between CSULB's Beach Drive and Atherton

The "new" part of Bellflower that was remade is the section that has the Anaheim Road exit for the Park Estates neighborhood, the main entrance and exit for CSULB, an entrance and exit for the Long Beach Veterans Hospital and is the major thoroughfare for access to the 405 freeway and the Los Altos shopping and banking centers for commuters to and from  the areas listed above. 
Traffic backing up at the Bellflower Curve heading north on Bellflower Blvd, 8/27/18

The drone video and pictures are of Bellflower Blvd. on Monday August 27,2018 just after 5:00 pm from the front of the Los Altos YMCA . (Click on the arrow below.)







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Best drink specials in East Long Beach
Los Altos Village Bai Plu opens new bar with the best ELB all day specials
Local patrons of  the popular Bai Plu Thai and Sushi in Los Altos Village now have the choice of two types of bar seating, the traditional sushi bar and the restaurants new stand alone traditional bar.

The new Bai Plu Bar offers both full bar and food service at the sit down bar with the same excellent service the restaurant is known for.

After Bai Plu received its full liquor license this spring, the owners remodeled the old "bar" area near the rear parking main entrance into  the new Bai Plu Bar.

The newly remodeled bar includes new bar seating and an extra large flat screen for your favorite sporting event and the best all day happy hour specials in East Long Beach.  Just like the sushi bar in the front, bar patrons can order anything from the food menus.


While most of East Long Beach sushi spots offer happy hour drinks
for a specific "happy hour" time, the new Bai Blu Bar has daily specials for each day of the week that are ALL DAY specials.  

Those specials are:
Margarita Monday
Margarita's -$4

Tito Tuesday
Texas's famous Tito Handmade Vodka* mixed drinks-$5
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TITO HANDMADE
* a corn distilled vodka not the traditional potato or wheat

Whiskey Wednesday
Jack Daniels and Jim Beam drinks -$5

Thirsty Thursday draft specials
California made 805 and Ballast Point Sculpin - $6
All other drafts -$5

Friday Night Flavors-shot specials
Lemon Drops, Kamikazes, Blue Jays -$5

Sangria Saturday
Glass of Sangria-$6
Decanter of Sangria-$25

Social Sunday
Mimosas-$3
Pancake shots - $5 

Bai Plu has also completely revamped its table service drink menu with new full liquor drinks.

When visit the new Bai Plu Bar be sure to tell the new bartenders Jackie and Sara welcome to the neighborhood.
Bai Plu Bar's bartender Sara serves customers

And if your sitting at the Bai Plu Bar watching your favorite sporting event while eating sushi with your drink special and Sara happens to be your bartender, be sure to ask her about Bai Plu's secret insider menu item- fresh wasabi.   
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Halloween City opens in  North
Los Altos Center 

The former Rite Aid building across from Trade Joe's in the Los Altos Center North has been transformed into a Halloween City retail store.

The seasonal store's isles that once held an assortment of beauty products, over the counter medicines, vitamins and an assortment of household needs now are overflowing with everything to celebrate the year's creepiest holiday.

Since turning into an adult holiday in the late 1980's, Halloween's costumes, candy and decorations top $9 billion a year.  That includes over $450 million dollars on pet costumes.  Adult Halloween has also been a boom for the liquor industry.  Bars and liquor stores report that  when  Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday, alcoholic beverage sales rise 30%.


This year Halloween falls on a Wednesday. 


Planning Commission to vote on Los Altos Circle K liquor license
After a close vote of the Planning Commission to go against their staff's recommendation not to allow alcohol sales at the new Los Altos Circle K, the item will return to the Planning Commission on Thursday August 6, 2018 for a vote to allow the sales.

The Commission's vote to approve the license required the Planning Staff to go back and rewrite the original negative report and change it into a positive report for the Planning Commission to re-vote on.

The meeting takes place in the City Hall Council Chambers at 5:00 pm
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1 comment:

  1. There is no reason to deny a liquor license for beer & wine. The liquor store across the street asked anyone walking in to sign a petition against Circle K.

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