![]() ![]() In 2016, the company came under scrutiny for charging a $20 “daily beach membership fee,” the Los Angeles Times reported.Īn official from the Coastal Commission used the fee as an example of the crafty ways that owners of beachfront property discourage people from using the beach in front of their homes. In 2014, Paradise Cove Land Company was cited by the California Coastal Commission for posting signs banning surfing, and for having the property’s pier blocked off by a locked gate. In the past, the company that owns the trailer park has implemented measures, both legal and not, to discourage people from finding their way to the beach. Inside the restaurant are hundreds of movie stills and signed celebrity photos. And some of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic photographs happened at Paradise Cove, recreations of which - along with many other silver screen moments - decorate the walls of the restaurant. Madonna and Britney Spears have both filmed music videos on the beach’s pristine sand. Beyond the movies and television shows filmed there, the Beach Boys shot the cover of their “Surfin’ Safari” album at Paradise. Its seclusion and easy parking has also made it a favorite of Hollywood studios for more than a half-century. The beach is enticing precisely because it’s privately maintained, with things you don’t find on state-run beaches, like lifeguards so knowledgeable and invested they’ll come up to you not only to let you know the tide is coming in, but which direction it’s going to go on the beach, and where (in my case, about 8 feet diagonally up and to the left) you should move your blanket and chair to stay dry. While the public should have unrestricted access, according to California law, the people who live there - generally second homeowners in the park of multimillion-dollar trailers - would prefer no one know they’re allowed to go. 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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