No umbrellas at Lido di Manhattan Beach [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Grilled chicken linguini pasta. Made by Chef Luis Martinez. One of the occupational hazards of my profession is that no matter how much I like certain restaurants, I don’t get back to them often. When you have to dine at new restaurants all the time, you learn the breadth of your neighborhood very well but have to drive right past places you’d like to revisit. I hadn’t dined at Lido di Manhattan Beach in almost five years, during which time they through some interesting changes. My most recent meal had been shortly after Gordon Ramsay had featured the place in his Kitchen Nightmares show, and the menu and décor were a sometimes clashing combination of his modern eclectic style with the traditional Italian ideas that had been their mainstay. On a recent evening, we observed that the more flamboyant aspects have been toned down – there were no umbrellas hanging from the ceiling and abrasive music was not playing at high volume. There were some nice whimsical notes, such as the 1930’s film projected on one wall and the crystal chandeliers that looked doubly quaint when contrasted with the exposed ductwork and modern décor. The menu had retained several of Ramsay’s dishes but balanced…
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