Polly’s on the Pier [RESTAURANT REVIEW]
Polly’s on the Pier persists Polly’s on the Pier. Photo by Randy Berler I was deliberately vague in the directions that I gave my brother. “Just drive straight after you go through the entrance to the parking lot on Harbor Drive. I’ll meet you at that restaurant on the pier.” “What restaurant on the Redondo pier?” “The only restaurant on the pier.” “There are lots of restaurants on the pier!” “Nope, only one.” I was misleading him for scientific purposes, of course, to show that even lifelong residents of the area forget that Redondo has two piers. You don’t see many tourists on the sport fishing pier just north of the more famous horseshoe pier – it’s a quiet place inhabited mostly by locals, who are there either to fish, book boat rentals and excursions, or to eat at the ramshackle café called Polly’s on the Pier. There is nothing remotely like Polly’s on the horseshoe – it’s a place where locals have unhurried everyday meals, short on décor but long on character. The sun was out when we arrived for a weekday breakfast, so we braved the cool breeze and sat outside, perusing our menus while we listened to the seals barking by the breakwater and watched seagulls preening on the…
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