| Chez Melange | |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 15 |
| Established: | 1982 |
| Closed: | February 29, 2020 |
| Current-Owner: | Michael Franks, Robert Bell |
| Chef: | Robert Bell |
| Food-Type: | Seafood, gastropub |
| Street-Address: | 1611 South Catalina Avenue |
| City: | Redondo Beach, California |
| County: | Los Angeles |
| State: | California |
| Zip: | --> |
| Country: | United States |
| Reservations: | Yes |
| Other-Locations: | No |
Chez Melange was an American seafood restaurant and gastropub located in Redondo Beach, California, which closed on February 29, 2020. It was opened in 1982 and owned and run by Michael Franks and co-owner and head chef Robert Bell.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Chez Melange was originally located on Pacific Coast Highway and after the lease was up it moved to its new location in January 2009 on Catalina Avenue.[6]
Chez Melange ran three restaurants at the same Redondo Beach, Catalina Avenue venue, Sea Change, a sea food themed restaurant, Bouzy, a gastropub and The Oyster Bar.[6] [2]
Robert Bell said when first meeting Michael Franks, "I remembered thinking, I don’t want to work with this guy. I’m from Brooklyn, he’s from London. He came from what I thought was an upscale upbringing, I was just off the line of being poor. He went through restaurant school, I barely made it through junior college. But we were both very driven, very passionate about what we were doing, and that’s the only reason we got along."[7]
Chez Melange closed on February 29, 2020.[8]
In 2021 the Chez Melange location was reopened under different ownership as a new restaurant called Table Manners[9] [10] and was later renamed Perfect Storm.[11]