Eatery offline, food on point in Manhattan Beach
I am old enough to remember the pre-internet age, and still marvel at some of the changes. If you wanted to know when a restaurant was open you had to call and ask, and if you were curious about what they served you had to hope the person on the other end of the phone was not too busy and could tell you. When going to a place you hadn’t visited before, you consulted your car’s pile of crumpled and misfolded maps, with any passengers assigned the role of navigator. These days restaurants without websites are a curiosity. Are they anti-technology, or is this the equivalent of the speakeasies that have no sign because all the cool people already know about them? You might be able to find out by asking someone, but you’ll have to do it in person because the establishment has already established that communication isn’t one of their strong points. This makes the wine and tapas bar at Gelson’s a particular oddity. It’s not hidden because it’s just inside the front door, and they’re not averse to technology because that store has a website with other particulars of their business. The people who work there don’t seem to know why there’s no online menu either, so it’s a mystery even to…
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