This beach, after all, is contested territory. The restaurant has inside seating, but its two huge outdoor patios - one directly in the sand - are what set it apart. Paradise Cove's pier has been the site of filming for movies like "Indecent Proposal." Kevin Lacy/ Special to SFGATE And, in keeping with its throwback beach bar vibe, fruity cocktails are served inside hollowed out pineapples and watermelons. The calamari appetizer is a full pound of squid, and its guacamole comes in what looks like the world’s biggest margarita glass. The cafe is a curiosity, a must-stop for tourists or locals with family in town, both because of its location and its food: enormous portions of seafood and classic California beach fare. Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, a beachside restaurant dripping with Hollywood history where you can have lunch with your feet in the sand and one eye on the ravenous seagulls flying just overhead. It’s also Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, a beachside restaurant dripping with Hollywood history where you can have lunch with your feet in the sand and one eye on the ravenous seagulls flying just overhead. Paradise Cove is two distinct things: It’s a secluded beach (with some of the best surfing in Malibu) that has been a source of tension between residents and visitors for decades. With all this intrigue and historical allure, I had to go seek it out. The beach, which is famous for its gorgeous views and comparatively uncrowded pier, draws thousands of visitors a week, but is also notorious for being the most unfriendly-to-the-public public beach in Southern California. Or maybe it’s more recent: the final scenes of 1993’s “Indecent Proposal,” say, or basically anything that ever happened on “Baywatch,” or, if your entertainment is limited to a constant loop of kids’ movies, the time SpongeBob leaves his pineapple under the sea to emerge onto a pristine beach in the 2015 “SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.”Īll of these iconic scenes happened at Paradise Cove, a secluded stretch of spotless sand in well-heeled and perpetually busy Malibu. Maybe you remember James Garner as Jim Rockford living in a trailer on the beach in “The Rockford Files” when the show ran from 1974 to 1980. Maybe it’s Sandra Dee riding the waves in 1959’s “Gidget,” or Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello splashing around in “Beach Blanket Bingo” in 1965. Think of your favorite moment in Hollywood history that involves a beach. Access to the beach is down a path next to the restaurant's patio.
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