Post #405814 by nichols on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 4:53 PM

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Malibu Pier Club, Beachcomber Cafe turn back the clock

The new restaurants tap historical plans to fit in with the restored Malibu Pier.
By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 3, 2008
IF YOU were building brand-new restaurants at the land end of Malibu Pier, chances are they wouldn't look like the just-opened pair that currently boast that priceless view of the surf.

That's precisely the point, said James Newland, supervising historian with the California State Parks, who helped oversee the restoration of the Malibu Pier, which recently reopened to the public...Highlights of the evocative details at the restaurants include porthole windows and other maritime touches, a tiki-themed bar inside the Malibu Pier Club that is made of authentic period decorative pieces, historic photographs that line the walls...

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-journal3-2008sep03,0,7586161.story