Flipping the script on food and drink
Redondo’s Riviera House has an odd culinary strategy When some ancient sage opined that variety was the spice of life, the food metaphor was a good one. A few dashes of seasoning can make an old dish seem new, a fact well-known to anyone who has had to disguise leftovers for a family that wasn’t thrilled with the original meal. There is a lesson for restaurant owners in that example – they need to have enough familiarity on the menu to please those who have found a dish they like while offering some new twist for those who crave variety. The usual pattern is to offer weekly or monthly specials based on seasonal ingredients, customer suggestions, or the whim of the chef. Some restaurants take this further – Chez Melange was famous for never serving the same menu two nights in succession for over thirty years. Others take the opposite tack, changing items at approximately the speed of continental drift, which is the case at the Riviera House in Redondo. There is one big exception to that, and it’s something you might not expect. First, though, a word about the environment and the workhorse items on the menu. The restaurant has the indoor/outdoor vibe that is the signature of Riviera…
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