A La Carte: latest Beach Cities restaurant news

Chefs Dean McDermott, Tin Vuong of Abigaile, Emily Collison, Jet Tila, Jorge Valines, and Tony diSalvo pose together with two unidentified colleagues at last month’s Abigaile kitchen takeover. Photo Upending Manhattan Beach… The parade of changes in Manhattan Beach is astonishing, with numerous closures announced and more places on the market. In previous editions of this column I mentioned the pending transformation of Mucho into a new restaurant called Circa, featuring famed chef Octavio Becerra of Palate. I’ve since discovered that the bar manager will be Julian Cox, whose creations are featured at Rivera, the restaurant owned by John Sedlar, whose St. Estèphe was once the brightest star in the South Bay. Circa should open this coming week. Another follow-up: a few months ago I reported first that Chef Thierry Perez had leased the Sashi space, then that the deal had fallen through. The second report was in error – Perez is in and the space seems to be nearing the end of the remodeling process. I haven’t been able to find out anything about the concept, but given Thierry’s French roots and previous ventures Fraîche and L’Épicerie, we may reasonably expect Gallic classics… And…

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