Rock & Brews coming to Redondo Beach soon
A rendering of the Rock & Brews going into the vacant Oliver’s Café building on the corner of PV Blvd and PCH. Restaurant management is predicting construction will be complete by April. Photo supplied by Jon Mesko Following months of friction between restaurant developers and Hollywood Riviera residents, Rock & Brews has secured a Conditional Use Permit to open on the abandoned corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Palos Verdes Boulevard. Construction crews are moving quickly. A green light from the City of Torrance was for them an early Christmas surprise, as permit issues were at one point threatening to derail the project. Working toward an April deadline, laborers have already flattened parts of the vacant Oliver’s Café building. Technically situated on the Torrance side of Avenue I, the building has a Redondo Beach address and Redondo Beach neighbors. Many of them are concerned about the idea of a “beer garden,” as neighbor Amy Josefek described it, moving into their “backyard.” Restaurant owner-operator Jon Mesko, who has partnered with El Segundo Rock & Brews founders Mike Zislis, Dave Furano and KISS legend Gene Simmons applied in October for a permit to open opposite…
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