The sun sets on Beaches, to rise again anew
(Left) Heath Gregory and Mike Zislis are ready to gut former restaurant Beaches and transform it into a three-star restaurant that maximizes its location and ocean views. Photo by Andrea Ruse He’s doing it again. And this time, he’s doing it on one of Manhattan Beach’s most prime properties. Mike Zislis sits in the upper southwest corner of what up until a month ago was Beaches – the last restaurant on the north side of Manhattan Beach Boulevard before you hit the sand, a venue known more for its night life than its food. A dozen or so people excitedly huddle around him while he discusses the game plan for transforming the now quiet building into a breezy, part three-star restaurant/part club when it reopens next spring. “It’s the best location in town, but most people never went [to Beaches],” Zislis says. “It only drew tourists and young kids. We’re going to change that.” Zislis successfully conjured up and developed such other establishments as Manhattan Beach Brewing Company, Rock ‘N’ Fish, Mucho, Shade Hotel and, most recently, Rock & Brews in El Segundo. Two months ago, the new owners of the Beaches property – Heath Gregory of Baron Real Estate, and his family – chose Zislis…
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