Polly’s is still Polly’s on the Pier [restaurant review]
Valerie and Mike Davis know exactly what to order on Polly’s on the Pier. Photo (CivicCouch.com) Moving from one location to another is a challenge for any business. It helps to have an established clientele and an unusual product, or at least a specialty or two that nobody else in the neighborhood offers. Restaurants actually have some advantages over other businesses, because the good ones develop a bond with repeat customers that would be unlikely at a mattress store, laundromat, or furniture refinisher. Even so, the move can be problematic when the old location had a thematic fit with the environment. A perfect example of this is Polly’s on the Pier in Redondo, which has retained its name after being forced to move when the condemned fishing pier. The new space is just north of the old one, and raised the question of what it should be called. They had several options, none perfect. Polly’s on the Boardwalk doesn’t have the same pleasing alliteration, and also breaks the sense of continuity with the old location. They could change the name to Polly’s on the Boardwalk But We Hope To Move Back Onto The Pier When They Rebuild It, which would have the virtue of accuracy but would…
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