From there, Anaheim chili peppers were forever known for our city. In an Anaheim collab, Carl’s Jr. — started by Carl Karcher with its first restaurant and onetime headquarters in Anaheim — has spiced up burgers and chicken sandwiches with Anaheim chilis over the years. Long Beach If you’re from Anaheim, you’ll feel at home in Long Beach, where one of the longest and most well-known streets is named after our city. Anaheim Street runs for about 10 miles through Long Beach and the neighboring Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington. The street, originally known as Anaheim Road, takes its name from its historic role connecting early Long Beach to Anaheim and all of Orange County, dating back to the 1800s. Today, Anaheim Street pays tribute to the ties between our city and Long Beach. There’s even a light-rail stop, Anaheim Street Station, taking its name from the street and our city. 13 Summer–fall 2025 I ANAHEIM Canada’s Annaheim is charmingly smaller. It’s home to about 200 people and is a farming town that’s also home to Doepker Industries Ltd., a maker of semi-truck trailers and grain haulers. While there’s no Disneyland, Annaheim’s hockey ice rink tied for first in 2019 voting as Saskatchewan’s coldest. Way to go Annaheim! Anaheim Chili Pepper While Annaheim, Saskatchewan, is as close as it gets in name to our city, many places and things pay homage to Anaheim. Famously, there’s the Anaheim chili pepper. It originates from New Mexico but takes its name for our city, thanks to Emilio Ortega of the Ortega family behind those famous Ortega taco sauces and shells. Emilio Ortega brought the chili pepper seeds to our young farming town in the late 1800s. Well suited to our soil and climate, the peppers were an instant hit with Anaheim farmers looking for new options after an 1884 plague swept through vineyards and did away with our city’s early wine colony. Annaheim, Saskatchewan: as close as it gets to us in name Anaheim chili peppers: made famous by the family behind Ortega taco shells and sauces Anaheim Street Station in Long Beach: pays homage to our city
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