Gladstones Malibu

Gladstones Malibu
Aerial photo of Gladstones
Restaurant information
Established	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Street address	17300 CA-1
City	Pacific Palisades
State	California
Postal/ZIP Code	90272
Country	United States
Coordinates	34°2′18″N 118°33′24″W
Website	gladstones.com

Gladstones Malibu is an American seafood restaurant located on the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, California.

History

The original Gladstones was opened by Robert J. Morris on the site of the former Ted's Grill in Santa Monica Canyon in 1972^[1] and then moved to its home on the beach at 17300 Pacific Coast Highway in 1981. Morris sold the restaurant in 1984 to W.R. Grace Co.^[2] but repurchased it in 1990.^[3] Richard Riordan, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, owned Gladstones since the mid-1990s. In 2008, Gladstones was the 37th highest grossing independent restaurant in the country.^[4] In 2009, the private company SBE assumed day-to-day operations as part of a management contract with Riordan which expired in 2014. Gladstone's re-assumed management of day-to-day operations thereafter.^[5]

The beachfront restaurant has undergone several name changes. When Robert J. Morris opened the restaurant at the site of Ted's Grill, he named it Gladstone's 4 Fish. The restaurant is frequently cited as Gladstone's or simply Gladstones.

The restaurant sold 35 tons of crab, 65,000 lobsters and 19 gallons of clam chowder each year as of 2002^[update].^[6]

On August 8, 2016 Los Angeles County officials were said to press California state officials to allow a 40-year lease of the site of the restaurant to attract a new restaurant to take the place of Gladstones at Malibu.^[7]

See also

• List of seafood restaurants

References

1. [1] Bulls, Bathhouses, Hideouts and Speakeasies: The Santa Monica Canyon Story at the Wayback Machine (archived September 28, 2011)
2. Gladstone's 4 Fish Sold Back to Original Owner - Los Angeles Times
3. "Nation's Restaurant News: Morris regains Gladstone's, RJ's in split from REGI - Robert J. Morris, Restaurant Enterprises Group Inc". Archived from the original on April 1, 2005. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
4. Top Grossing Restaurants in U.S. - Eater LA
5. The new wave for Gladstone's - Los Angeles Times
6. "The Observer: Tim Burgess at Gladstone's, Malibu (Lifestyle)". The Guardian. July 14, 2002.
7. PATCH SOCAL (August 8, 2016). "County Pushing State for Longer Lease Term at Site of Gladstones in Malibu". Malibu Patch. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

External links

• "Taking the bait" Los Angeles Times July 9, 2008 review
• https://palisadesnews.com/gladstones-becoming-frank-gehry-wolfgang-puck-restaurant/