A La Carte: the return of the Ragin’ Cajun, the closing of Chez Soi & Pinkie’s BBQ, & much more
Ragin’ Cajun owner Steven Domingue welcomes customers from the Pier Avenue days at the grand opening of the new Suzy’s Ragin’ Cajun Café, combining the Suzy’s Bar & Grill with the Ragin’ Cajun on Aviation Boulevard in Hermosa Beach. Photo Worst Restaurant End in South Bay History?… Chez Soi opened four and a half months ago as an edgy modern bistro. Over the course of its brief life it became more French, then went farm-to-table Californian, tried a family-friendly concept, offered design-it-yourself salads, opened for brunch, and offered all-you-can-eat fried chicken with all-you-can-drink beer. It was a textbook case of a phenomenon described in Anthony Bourdain’s book Kitchen Confidential” – a place desperately trying everything because they know they’re doomed. The end has come, with a bill for $65,778 in overdue rent attached to the front door, and the situation was handled in the worst way possible. A wedding party that scheduled a reception there found that the restaurant was closed only when they showed up; luckily the staff at Petros was able to accommodate them. There is no excuse for this, since the management had their contact information and one phone call could have…
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