Feb-March Issue
New Kids On The Block
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Published: 08/09/2010
Pages Bookstore
Once upon a time...
...three passionate and savvy bibliophiles, Patty, Linda and Margot, opened an independent bookstore in their beloved hometown of Manhattan Beach, CA. They had always dreamed of doing so. When serendipity brought together the three women, their dreams and the perfect seaside location, nothing could stop them.
Today, {pages} is the place for book lovers of all ages, where reading, meeting and discussing books is a way of life. As book and literary gift curators, the heroines have endeavored to create an independent full-service bookstore that is home to hand selected fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
Browse their extensive selection of contemporary best-sellers and must-have classics. You can expect friendly, personalized service to help you find what you’re looking for. If {pages} doesn’t have it, they’ll set off to get it for you and won’t live happily ever after until they do.
A general bookstore, they offer a hand selection of great books, cards and reading related gift items.
pages: a bookstore 904 Manhattan Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 310-318-0900
Rok Sushi
ROK Sushi Kitchen is Hermosa Beach, California’s newest and freshest Japanese fusion restaurant, located on Hermosa Avenue at the Hermosa Pier. Experience their fusion of traditional sushi with California kitchen cuisine. Enjoy fresh grilled fish, chicken, shrimp, or their traditional sushi bar featuring fish fresh from the dock. ROK’s full-service bar taps the talents of top mixologists for a drink menu of martinis and cocktails created with only the freshest fruits and vegetables.
Stay into the night to enjoy their DJ and uniquely delicious cocktails. Visit the second floor VIP lounge offering bottle service; sit back and enjoy the “high life” while watching the scene below through our frameless glass railing. Groups of 25-40 people will find their beautifully designed mezzanine provides an excellent venue for private parties and special events.
Rok Sushi Kitchen
1200 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 310-372-4765
Hours: Sunday – Thursday 4pm – midnight
Friday – Saturday 4pm – 1am
Watermans
A new face is in the lineup at the Hermosa Pier. Watermans opened its doors recently, slaying the ghost of the much maligned, troubled nightspot Dragon. Positivity flows with a “Safe House for Surfers” theme, pure California beach at its best. A wind free patio and fresh healthy fare lead the way with Waterman’s charging into the lunchtime and dinner trade.
The menu is solid, featuring lighter options, and a variety of choices for vegetarians - which are quite limited on the pier. The flavors and menu skew surf style. Menu items tote both surf titles such as “The Banzai Pipeline” burger, to the actual cuisine itself, with a fusion of island and California flavors. Sandwiches are paired with a spring salad side rather than the typical French fries. Ahi shows up in several places ranging from salads, to seared on a sandwich with a crisp arugula and cool cucumber chilling down the Serrano chili kiss. The burgers include a veggie burger offering in addition to chicken and tuna. The colorful hummus plate is a must have with grilled pita showing a new attention to detail, and the hummus itself adorned with feta crown.
Most notable is the crowd, which includes local families, and area lunchtime business people in addition to tourists enjoying Spring Break. The atmosphere is comfortable, casual, without the hard drinking party crowd that plagued the former spot. Striking a unique balance, this is now a great idea for out of town family and friends that want to try something local with out torturing the local by dragging them to another tourist trap. The change is reflected in the ownership with addition of Dig 4 Kids founder, an Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana to the group.
“I’ve known Jeff (Bellandi, owner) for years. When he approached me and explained what he wanted to do and what direction he wanted to go, I thought it was a very positive thing for the community. I wanted it to be a place that I could bring my family, and I do, “explained Fonoimoana.
Taking the theme even further Bellandi approached local surf companies headquartered in the South Bay, giving them an opportunity to brand a space in the restaurant, contributing photos, video footage for the flat screens. That branding is creating a natural venue for special events sponsored by those very companies, and even their daily business. “it’s great, we had a client in town and took them to lunch over there, sitting at our branded table, watching our video playing on the tv’s… it was a nice touch,” said one rep.
It’s rare when a location can change so radically, but it looks like this time, the Dragon has officially been slain and a new Safe House sits on the horizon.
Watermans
22 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, Ca.
310.372.4462
Handel's Ice Cream
Generally speaking, teens are not connoisseurs of truly great food. When it comes to ice cream, however, teens know the good stuff when they taste it.
While new to the Los Angeles area, Handel’ s has been making homemade ice cream and yogurt fresh daily on the premises in their more than 30 stores, with Handel’s Redondo Beach being the second California location. There is also a Handel’s Ice Cream and Yogurt in Upland.
Handel’s has been named “One of the Best Ice Cream Parlors in the Country” by the Travel Channel, and the best ice cream in the country by USA Today, Ohio Restaurant News, and Chocolatier Magazine. National Geographic also named Handel’s the #1 Ice Cream in its ‘10 Best of Everything’ book.
In addition to traditional ice cream flavors, Handel’s offers flavors including: banana cream pie, chocolate cake batter, chocolate raspberry truffle, chunky chocolate chip, peanut butter parfait and spouse like a house.
Designed like an old-fashioned ice cream parlor with walk up windows, Handel’s will soon add tables and umbrellas on the patio and free Wi-Fi.
Handel’s Ice Cream
1882 Pacific Coast Highway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(424) 247-8861
Four Daughters Kitchen
This side walk style cafe fits in perfectly with the North Manhattan style. Walking in you feel as if you have paid a visit to your neighbors house for a meal.
This neighborhood restaurant was opened by former senior vice president of restaurants for SBE, Clint Clausen and named after his own four daughters.
Clausen states that he wants to “create a neighborhood bistro that serves up gourmet fare at neighborhood price points.” Four Daughters is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu offers mostly American comfort food with dishes that include eggs, salads, pastas and burgers.
Looking for a good breakfast? Try the Hailey’s Chocolate Chip Pancakes!
Four Daughters Kitchen
3505 Highland Avenue
Manhattan Beach, Ca.
310.545.2444
Once upon a time...
...three passionate and savvy bibliophiles, Patty, Linda and Margot, opened an independent bookstore in their beloved hometown of Manhattan Beach, CA. They had always dreamed of doing so. When serendipity brought together the three women, their dreams and the perfect seaside location, nothing could stop them.
Today, {pages} is the place for book lovers of all ages, where reading, meeting and discussing books is a way of life. As book and literary gift curators, the heroines have endeavored to create an independent full-service bookstore that is home to hand selected fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
Browse their extensive selection of contemporary best-sellers and must-have classics. You can expect friendly, personalized service to help you find what you’re looking for. If {pages} doesn’t have it, they’ll set off to get it for you and won’t live happily ever after until they do.
A general bookstore, they offer a hand selection of great books, cards and reading related gift items.
pages: a bookstore 904 Manhattan Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 310-318-0900
Rok Sushi
ROK Sushi Kitchen is Hermosa Beach, California’s newest and freshest Japanese fusion restaurant, located on Hermosa Avenue at the Hermosa Pier. Experience their fusion of traditional sushi with California kitchen cuisine. Enjoy fresh grilled fish, chicken, shrimp, or their traditional sushi bar featuring fish fresh from the dock. ROK’s full-service bar taps the talents of top mixologists for a drink menu of martinis and cocktails created with only the freshest fruits and vegetables.
Stay into the night to enjoy their DJ and uniquely delicious cocktails. Visit the second floor VIP lounge offering bottle service; sit back and enjoy the “high life” while watching the scene below through our frameless glass railing. Groups of 25-40 people will find their beautifully designed mezzanine provides an excellent venue for private parties and special events.
Rok Sushi Kitchen
1200 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 310-372-4765
Hours: Sunday – Thursday 4pm – midnight
Friday – Saturday 4pm – 1am
Watermans
A new face is in the lineup at the Hermosa Pier. Watermans opened its doors recently, slaying the ghost of the much maligned, troubled nightspot Dragon. Positivity flows with a “Safe House for Surfers” theme, pure California beach at its best. A wind free patio and fresh healthy fare lead the way with Waterman’s charging into the lunchtime and dinner trade.
The menu is solid, featuring lighter options, and a variety of choices for vegetarians - which are quite limited on the pier. The flavors and menu skew surf style. Menu items tote both surf titles such as “The Banzai Pipeline” burger, to the actual cuisine itself, with a fusion of island and California flavors. Sandwiches are paired with a spring salad side rather than the typical French fries. Ahi shows up in several places ranging from salads, to seared on a sandwich with a crisp arugula and cool cucumber chilling down the Serrano chili kiss. The burgers include a veggie burger offering in addition to chicken and tuna. The colorful hummus plate is a must have with grilled pita showing a new attention to detail, and the hummus itself adorned with feta crown.
Most notable is the crowd, which includes local families, and area lunchtime business people in addition to tourists enjoying Spring Break. The atmosphere is comfortable, casual, without the hard drinking party crowd that plagued the former spot. Striking a unique balance, this is now a great idea for out of town family and friends that want to try something local with out torturing the local by dragging them to another tourist trap. The change is reflected in the ownership with addition of Dig 4 Kids founder, an Olympic gold medalist Eric Fonoimoana to the group.
“I’ve known Jeff (Bellandi, owner) for years. When he approached me and explained what he wanted to do and what direction he wanted to go, I thought it was a very positive thing for the community. I wanted it to be a place that I could bring my family, and I do, “explained Fonoimoana.
Taking the theme even further Bellandi approached local surf companies headquartered in the South Bay, giving them an opportunity to brand a space in the restaurant, contributing photos, video footage for the flat screens. That branding is creating a natural venue for special events sponsored by those very companies, and even their daily business. “it’s great, we had a client in town and took them to lunch over there, sitting at our branded table, watching our video playing on the tv’s… it was a nice touch,” said one rep.
It’s rare when a location can change so radically, but it looks like this time, the Dragon has officially been slain and a new Safe House sits on the horizon.
Watermans
22 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, Ca.
310.372.4462
Handel's Ice Cream
While new to the Los Angeles area, Handel’ s has been making homemade ice cream and yogurt fresh daily on the premises in their more than 30 stores, with Handel’s Redondo Beach being the second California location. There is also a Handel’s Ice Cream and Yogurt in Upland.
Handel’s has been named “One of the Best Ice Cream Parlors in the Country” by the Travel Channel, and the best ice cream in the country by USA Today, Ohio Restaurant News, and Chocolatier Magazine. National Geographic also named Handel’s the #1 Ice Cream in its ‘10 Best of Everything’ book.
In addition to traditional ice cream flavors, Handel’s offers flavors including: banana cream pie, chocolate cake batter, chocolate raspberry truffle, chunky chocolate chip, peanut butter parfait and spouse like a house.
Designed like an old-fashioned ice cream parlor with walk up windows, Handel’s will soon add tables and umbrellas on the patio and free Wi-Fi.
Handel’s Ice Cream
1882 Pacific Coast Highway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(424) 247-8861
Four Daughters Kitchen
This side walk style cafe fits in perfectly with the North Manhattan style. Walking in you feel as if you have paid a visit to your neighbors house for a meal.
This neighborhood restaurant was opened by former senior vice president of restaurants for SBE, Clint Clausen and named after his own four daughters.
Clausen states that he wants to “create a neighborhood bistro that serves up gourmet fare at neighborhood price points.” Four Daughters is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu offers mostly American comfort food with dishes that include eggs, salads, pastas and burgers.
Looking for a good breakfast? Try the Hailey’s Chocolate Chip Pancakes!
Four Daughters Kitchen
3505 Highland Avenue
Manhattan Beach, Ca.
310.545.2444
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