Two iconic Malibu restaurants have been destroyed by the latest Palisades wildfire, which grew quickly today in the hills above Pacific Palisades and has spread into Malibu. 36-year-old seafood roadside restaurant Reel Inn has been heavily damaged by fire, according the Malibu Times , while neighboring restaurant Cholada Thai has also reportedly been destroyed . The Palisades wildfire has burned over 3,000 acres as of 7:30 p.
m. on January 7, with 30,000 residents ordered to evacuate. Continued winds have made fighting this fire especially difficult.
The grounds of the historic Getty Villa and Pacific Palisades High School have also caught fire, though museum officials say the collections are currently safe. Reel Inn owners Teddy and Andy Leonard confirmed the destruction of the restaurant on Instagram while reporting that all of the restaurant’s staff are safe. The weathered restaurant has served reasonably priced fresh fish and shellfish to locals, beachgoers, Pepperdine students, and LA tourists for the past 36 years.
The Instagram post said they are “heartbroken and unsure of what will be left,” hoping that the California State Parks, the restaurant’s landlord, will allow them to rebuild some time in the future. Cholada Thai opened in 2000 and has been serving traditional Thai cuisine with a beach view since. Los Angeles Magazine favored the restaurant’s pad Thai, panang sea bass, and mango sticky rice in a 2017 review.
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