Forget craft beer, Long Beach is getting its first distillery in 2018

With a pair of successful restaurateurs and a rocket scientist behind it — yes, a real rocket scientist — Long Beach will get its first distillery next year.
Portuguese Bend Distilling, a 3,900-square-foot distillery and restaurant at 300 The Promenade, will open late summer 2018. It’s the latest project of Luis Navarro and Brenda Navarro, who co-own two Lola’s Mexican Cuisine locations and The Social List in Long Beach, and partner Simon Haxton, a master d