The Raft, "Really superb food in pretty shabby surroundings"

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Title

The Raft, "Really superb food in pretty shabby surroundings"

Description

A postcard for The Raft advertises, "Really superb food in pretty shabby surroundings. Booze and Entertainment."

The Raft was a bar and seafood restaurant at 18661 Pacific Coast Highway, Topanga Beach, from 1963 until it burned in 1979. Today it's The Reel Inn. The owners were Jack Dorfman and Jim McDonald. Jim went on to open the Sand Castle in Paradise Cove.

Date

circa 1970

Source

Digital only

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Creator

Rod MacDonald

Contributor

Barry O. Balin Historical Archives
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Citation

Rod MacDonald, “The Raft, "Really superb food in pretty shabby surroundings",” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed October 6, 2024, https://www.topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/1225.