"The funky seafood shack strung with colorful Christmas lights and decorated with aquariums, surfboards and other nautical bric-a-brac served more than 1,100 meals on its busiest days, and attracted generations of locals, surfers and tourists for nearly 40 years in its dirt-lot location across the highway from Topanga Beach. Following the Palisades fire - which also destroyed culinary landmarks Moonshadows, Cholada Thai and other businesses on PCH - husband-and-wife owners Andy Leonard and Teddy Seraphine-Leonard immediately said they hoped to rebuild."
"They had owned the building but leased the land from the state and hoped to enter discussions over its future. In early August, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, they received a letter from the California Department of Parks and Recreation that said they could not rebuild on the plot of land but that they could have the opportunity to bid against other concessionaires to temporarily run a food truck nearby. Leonard told The Times he'd taken the response as "an upraised middle finger.""
One of Pacific Coast Highway’s iconic restaurants, the Reel Inn, was destroyed in the January Palisades fire along with other PCH businesses. The owners, Andy Leonard and Teddy Seraphine-Leonard, hoped to rebuild on the restaurant’s longtime dirt-lot site across from Topanga Beach, where the shack served over 1,100 meals on busy days and drew locals, surfers and tourists for nearly 40 years. The property was leased from California State Parks; the state initially said rebuilding on the plot was not allowed and offered a temporary food-truck bidding opportunity, prompting owner frustration and public outcry. California State Parks has since reversed course and will work to allow rebuilding on or near the original site, though a clear timeline and single responsible point of contact remain lacking.
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