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Iconic Pacific Palisades restaurant to close after 50 years

Iconic Pacific Palisades restaurant Gladstones to close after 50 years
Iconic Pacific Palisades restaurant Gladstones to close after 50 years
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A Pacific Palisades oceanfront icon is about to go away after a 50-year run as a dining favorite.

Gladstones, overlooking Will Rogers State Beach on Pacific Coast Highway is in its final months, until Wolfgang Puck takes over the site in 2024.


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The restaurant opened in 1972 in Santa Monica Canyon, then moved to its current dining destination in 1981. The three-acre site is owned by Los Angeles County, and Richard Riordan's estate own's Gladstones until Sept.15.

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The Gladstones Long Beach location is under different ownership.

Details of Puck's new restaurant are still not completely known, other than it will be a Frank Gehry-designed one full-service restaurant next to a separate deck dedicated to public use, that will also offer some food and drink.

While the new restaurant will break ground in early to mid-2024, it is not expected to be complete until 2025.

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