Saint Rocke silenced, legendary Hermosa Beach music club for sale
Saint Rocke, April 2018. Photo by Paul Joiner/Saint Rocke The same marquee that heralded some of the biggest nights of live music in recent South Bay history is now announcing something entirely different: “Saint Rocke is for sale.” The club, on Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach, is the first iconic South Bay venue to fall victim to pandemic economics. Owner Allen Sanford, who founded Saint Rocke in 2008, said the recent surge of novel coronavirus cases that caused a new round of state-ordered business restrictions doomed the club. He predicts many more businesses will follow and says the community may not yet understand how profound a shift is about to occur. “I’m the first domino,” Sanford said. “If the first guy publicly comes out and says, ‘This is a really hard puzzle. Economically, this doesn’t make sense,’ maybe people will start to listen.” On a social media post announcing the club’s closing, Sanford recalled Saint Rocke’s origins. “Nothing lasts forever, and as our friend Kenny used to say — ‘You gotta know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em.’ So much has happened and it’s so far from being over, that four childhood friends just couldn’t figure out how to…
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