Art on the wall and on the plate
Stripe Café chef Brett Hickey and Palos Verdes Art Center director Joe Baker. Photo Chef Brett Hickey makes the Palos Verdes Art Center a destination for food, as well as art When you’re opening a new restaurant and want to attract a sophisticated clientele, you might tell your designer you want the place to look “artsy.” They’ll know just what you mean and will know where to go to get some knockoffs of modern paintings to give the place the feel of a gallery in which food is being served. Local diners can visit the genuine article at the Stripe Café, inside the Palos Verdes Art Center. The former artist’s studio has been open since November of last year and boasts a colorful mural by noted New York artist Doug Meyer, which inspired the name. The culinary team is led by executive Chef Brett Hickey, a Long Beach native who was running a gastropub in Colorado when he was called in for an interview by the Center’s director. Hickey was up for the challenge, and had an advantage over any other candidate – he had worked there before. “I catered events at the Arts Center a year before. The offer was so unique, the place was so interesting, and I had a chance to work with a visionary like…
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