Pedal Downtown for some cheap grub this summer.

At Bike Long Beach, they're advertising Car-Free Fridays on the first Fridays of July and August. That's July 3 and August 7 for the calendar-challenged. Lots of restaurants are offering discounts for cyclists on those two days, including 20% off at California Pizza Kitchen and Johnny Rockets and a free salad at Bouchee's Bistro.
As of yet, they don't specify how you prove you actually cycled, so it you want to throw the bike in the trunk for a cheap lunch, you can probably get away with it.

There seems to be quite a controversy over the Bicycle Master Plan according to this week's District Weekly. I'm just happy to see that many of the proposed projects seem to have funding. In this hardscrabble economy when City Hall has to close down every Friday, how cool is it that bicyclists are pulling in major funding?