{"id":549132,"date":"2026-01-28T12:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/549132\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:15:11","slug":"restaurants-to-support-in-malibu-topanga-canyon-and-pacific-palisades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/549132\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants to support in Malibu, Topanga Canyon and Pacific Palisades"},"content":{"rendered":"

L.A.\u2019s coastal and canyon communities are resilient and rebuilding since the Palisades fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, including some of the city\u2019s most locally beloved and iconic restaurants<\/a>. Those that survived the blaze have become even more vital as communal linchpins and gathering places of Palisades, Topanga and Malibu residents.<\/p>\n

In the Palisades, Sunset Boulevard snakes past swaths of burned-out lots, some punctuated by scaffolding and excavators beginning the rebuilding process. It winds past signs for road closures, park closures, business closures, and past signs that declare \u201cREBUILDING TOGETHER\u201d and \u201cTHEY LET US BURN.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighboring Topanga Canyon saw fewer destroyed structures than the Palisades but faces its own extended rebuilding. Powerline repairs and landslides blocked<\/a> the canyon\u2019s PCH entry for much of 2025, and this access point, when open, is often whittled down to a single lane. Restaurants, the weekly farmers market<\/a> and other businesses regularly post to social media to raise awareness that \u201cTopanga is open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farther north along PCH, Malibu restaurants are just beginning to recover. The scenic highway closed to nonresidents for the first five months of 2025. In the time since, business has gradually returned \u2014 but chefs, restaurateurs and staff say it still feels far more depleted than before the fire. Even toward the northern edge of the city, where Lily Castro sells burritos far from the Palisades fire\u2019s reach, the popular restaurateur says business fell as much as 50% last year.<\/p>\n

Some online listings and maps still mark destroyed restaurants as currently open, misrepresenting how affected many of these businesses remain.<\/p>\n

A few restaurants managed to relocate and reopen, such as Flour Pizzeria in Brentwood and Cinque Terre West in Venice<\/a>, both previously in the Palisades. Others already had additional locations, such as Cholada Thai\u2019s Long Beach outpost or Cafe Vida\u2019s in Culver City and El Segundo. Some are gradually rebuilding and readying to reopen, such as Duke\u2019s, which survived the fire but suffered more than a year of closure due to the ensuing mudslides and flooding. Some, like the Reel Inn, are navigating an arduous rebuilding process rife with red tape and mixed messages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can help by visiting and supporting local dining spots. Here\u2019s how to eat your way through some of the best restaurants of the coast and Topanga Canyon, including new Malibu destinations for sake, sushi and oysters; one of L.A.\u2019s most scenic farmers markets; some of the city\u2019s best burritos; and the sibling restaurant to the iconic Moonshadows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L.A.\u2019s coastal and canyon communities are resilient and rebuilding since the Palisades fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, including…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":549133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[12191,197085,1582,276,2451,2961,241247,224,5337,29168,241242,6278,17254,241243,241244,241245,8463,8623,214721,241246],"class_list":["post-549132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-burrito","tag-business-closure","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-city","tag-la","tag-long-beach-outpost","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-malibu","tag-other-business","tag-pacific-palisades","tag-palisades-fire","tag-park-closure","tag-pch-entry","tag-rebuilding-process","tag-restaurant","tag-restaurateur","tag-topanga-canyon","tag-weekly-farmer-market"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115972677629178801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}