Manhattan House’s rising star Chef Diana Stavaridis hopes to bring life to an oft-failed location [Restaurant review]
Chef Diana Stavaridis ranks with the best chefs in the South Bay and her timing is good, but her location may be a challenge. Photo There are a pair of well-worn proverbs about the secret of success. In comedy it’s based on timing, in real estate on location, location, location. These answers can also go the other way. Real estate can change in desirability based on timing, due to changing demographics or neighbors, and if you think location doesn’t affect comedy then try telling a great joke at a funeral home. There’s a particular location in Manhattan Beach that has had its ups and downs over the years. It was spectacularly popular in the ‘50s and ‘60s as The Bourbon Bush, Chappie’s and Manhattan Bar & Grill, but experienced a succession of failed ventures over the last 15 years.This was partly because the location near Pacific Coast Highway was eclipsed by the growth of Downtown Manhattan and partly because some of the ideas that went into that space were either weird or dull. It would take a bold idea, well executed, to bring attention to what has become a backwater. The space may have the tenant it needs in Manhattan House Gastropub, which has an interesting take on several…
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