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'''Chez Melange''' was an American [[seafood restaurant]] and gastropub located in Redondo Beach, California, which closed on February 29, 2020.<ref name=P/> It was opened in 1982 and owned and run by Michael Franks and co-owner and [[chef de cuisine|head chef]] Robert Bell.<ref name=DB>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2019/01/10/where-to-find-the-best-seafood-in-the-south-bay/|title=Where to find the best seafood in the South Bay|author=Shindler, Merrill|date=January 10, 2019|work=[[The Daily Breeze]]}}</ref><ref name=LAT>{{cite web|author=Harris, Jenn|date=January 16, 2018|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Ranchero Mexican restaurant in Pasadena is closing after 49 years|url=https://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-fo-re-ranchero-20180220-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=These special farmers supply fruits and veggies for Chez Melange restaurant in Redondo Beach|date=March 22, 2018|author=Davis, Genie|work=The Daily Breeze|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/03/22/these-special-farmers-supply-fruits-and-veggies-for-chez-melange-restaurant-in-redondo-beach/}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspapernews|title=California Grows Her Own Cuisine|authorlink=Robert Lindsey (journalist)|author=Lindsey, Robert|date=August 18, 1985|page=9|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/18/travel/california-grows-her-own-cuisine.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No Vacation for Chez Melange Partners|author=Jenkins, Kathie|date=October 10, 1993|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-10-ca-44122-story.html}}</ref>

==History==

Chez Melange was originally located on [[California State Route 1|Pacific Coast Highway]] and after the lease was up it moved to its currentnew location in January 2009 on Catalina Avenue.<ref name=P>{{cite web|title=Q&A: Chez Melange Co-Owner Michael Franks|author=Avelino, Bianca|date=September 11, 2010|publisher=[[Patch Media]]|url=https://patch.com/california/redondobeach/qa-chez-melange-co-owner-michael-franks}}</ref>

Chez Melange runsran three restaurants at the same Redondo Beach, Catalina Avenue venue, Sea Change, a sea food themed restaurant, Bouzy, a gastropub and The Oyster Bar.<ref name=P/><ref name=LAT/>

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 [[chef de partie|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."<ref name=ER>{{cite web|url=https://easyreadernews.com/mama-teranos-boy-chef-robert-bell/|work=[[Easy Reader]]|date=September 30, 2016|title=Mama Terano’s Boy Chef: Robert Bell|authorlink=Richard Foss|author=Foss, Richard}}</ref>

Chez Melange closed on February 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/redondobeach/chez-melange-will-be-closing-after-37-years-south-bay|title=Chez Melange To Close After 37 Years In South Bay|author=Holland, Emily|publisher=Patch Media|date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>

In 2021 the Chez Melange location was reopened under different ownership as a new restaurant called Table Manners<ref>{{cite web|work=Easy Reader|title=Learning Table Manners [restaurant review]|author=Foss, Richard|date=March 30, 2021|url=https://easyreadernews.com/learning-table-manners-restaurant-review/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=The Daily Breeze|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2021/02/26/former-chez-melange-in-redondo-beach-has-been-split-into-two-new-restaurants/|title=Former Chez Melange in Redondo Beach has been split into two new restaurants|author=Guzman, Richard|date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> and was later renamed Perfect Storm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://easyreadernews.com/potential-realized-in-redondo/|work=Easy Reader|title=Potential realized in Redondo|author=Foss, Richard|date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Category:SeafoodList of seafood restaurants]]▼

==References==

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==External links==

*{{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20200321203443/http://www.chezmelange.com/|chezmelange.com}}

[[Category:Gastropubs in California]]

[[Category:RestaurantsDefunct establishedrestaurants in 1955Greater Los Angeles]]

[[Category:1955 establishments in California]]▼

▲[[Category:Seafood restaurants]]

[[Category:Restaurants established in 1982]]

▲[[Category:19551982 establishments in California]]

[[Category:Defunct seafood restaurants in California]]

[[Category:Restaurants disestablished in 2020]]

[[Category:2020 disestablishments in California]]

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