cocktails in malibu Archives - Paradise Cove Malibu

If you and your family are spending a weekend in Malibu, come by Paradise Cove Beach Cafe! Our food is always delicious, drinks are refreshing and the experience of dining right on the beach is like none other. We are located six miles north of the Malibu Pier and serve a wide variety of dishes. You’ll find that there are always things to do with family at Paradise Cove.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The Paradise Cove Beach Cafe is open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 365 days a year: Sunday to Thursday 8am-9pm and Friday to Saturday 8am-10pm. For breakfast, start your day off with a glass of freshly squeezed juice or a mimosa. There are plenty of options to make everyone in the family happy, from classic Eggs Benedict to yummy Carrot Cake Waffles, and if you’ve got a big appetite check out our Paradise Paddlers All American Breakfast.

For lunch and dinner, we offer a menu that can satisfy anyone! It doesn’t matter if you’re in the mood for a salad, sandwich, seafood, burgers or pasta…. we’ve got them all! If you and your family are looking for a fun meal to share, make sure to consider ordering the Iced Seafood Sampler or Hot Combo Sampler. Both of these samplers are HUGE and are meant to be shared. The Iced Seafood Sampler is, “A Seafood Lover’s Delight!” It’s piled high with Jumbo Shrimp, Canadian Snow Crab Legs, Ahi Sashimi Poke, a GIANT Clear Water Prawn, House Smoked Salmon, Fresh Fish Ceviche, Marinated Calamari and Mussels. The Hot Combo Sampler is stacked high with Hickory Smoked BBQ Baby Back ribs, BBQ Jumbo Shrimp, Papa Joe’s Friend Fish, Macadamia Coconut Shrimp, BBQ Chicken, Crispy Calamari and our golden fries. If you’re looking for a smaller bite to eat, order our world famous tacos! These Tacos are made with love and the flavors are derived from a home made recipe. We have a myriad of Tacos to choose from: Fish Tacos, BBQ Chicken Tacos, BBQ Prime Steak Tacos, Ocean Shrimp Tacos, Carnitas Taco and Smoked Pork Belly Tacos.

Cocktails and Desserts

Celebrities are a huge part of the Malibu Community and we are fortunate that our friend, Country Music star, Kenny Chesney has contributed to our list of delicious cocktails. We’ve been using his Blue Chair Bay Rum in our drinks and it is excellent. We also make a killer Banana Rum Daiquiri, Strawberry Banana Boozy Smoothies and Pina Coladas! If you are more of tequila person, don’t worry – we haven’t forgot about you! Enjoy Pablo’s Perfect Blue Agave Margarita. It’s made with Cazadores Tequila, agave nectar, fresh lime juice and kosher salt along the rim. In addition to the drinks mentioned above, we are equipped with a full bar and an extensive list of cocktails.

Beach Terrace

If you and your family are looking for a Malibu day cation getaway to Paradise Cove, its easy to book a Beach Terrace on line. Each Beach Terrace offers, beach chairs, chaise lounges, umbrellas and an ice cooler. Each Beach Terrace will receive two validated parking passes. Of course, Beach Terraces rental are subject to availability and in the busy summer months the parking lot fills up early, so plan ahead and get here early.

The Paradise Cove Beach Cafe is more than just a restaurant right on the beach in world famous Malibu, California. Our history reaches back for decades. We have been a popular filming location for many movies, television shows, music videos and photo shoots throughout the years. Some of the most iconic photos taken at Paradise Cove are from a particular photo shoot of the stunning Marilyn Monroe.

Paradise Cove History: Marilyn Monroe

Our beautiful views, peaceful cove and charming pier all make for an ideal photo shoot setting. You know it is a prime location when the legendary Marilyn Monroe took advantage of this backdrop. These are several of Paradise Cove’s most iconic photos.

Media History

The photos above were taken in 1952 by J.R. Eyerman when Marilyn Monroe was just 26 years old. The unmistakable Paradise Cove pier in the background showcases the beautiful views this area offers. Paradise Cove’s beautiful views attract filmmakers that use us as a common location in many movies, TV shows, music videos. You might recognize Paradise Cove in some of your favorites:

X-men
Monster-in-law
Indecent Proposal
Gidget
Lethal Weapon 4
American Pie 2
The O.C.
Beach Blanket Bingo
Sea Hunt
Malibu Run
Baywatch
Rockford Files
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Hannah Montana
Lucifer
The Shield
The Munsters
Some Kind of Beautiful
Battle Creek
Beach Boys "Surfin' Safari" album cover
Britney Spears "Sometimes" music video
Madonna - music video
Coldplay - music video
Fergie - music video

Family History

Paradise Cove has always been a magical private beach destination. Located on land that was once part of the Spanish land grant, it was the beach home of the Chumash Indian tribe and is the final resting place of many of their ancestors. Many of the founding fathers of California’s Chinese community were smuggled ashore here in the late 1800’s when it was known as Smugglers Cove. As time went by Paradise Cove became part of the Marblehead Land Company which was owned by the Rindge family. They got into a fight with the state of California who wanted to construct the Southern Pacific Railroad right through their property. In order to stop the railroad from coming through their land, the Rindge family built their own private railroad through the property to keep the big company out. There were 15 miles of tracks called the Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway. For a time this railway was primarily used to transport hides and grains from the Rindge ranch operations to their private pier which is now the Malibu Pier. The Rindge family was later caught up in a bitter battle to fight the construction of the Pacific Coast Highway as it is known today. Sometime in the 1940’s, in order to defray the huge costs of her fight with the railroad and the state, the Rindge family sold parcels of land in a subdivision. The Paradise Cove lower section was purchased by Frank Wilson and Al Camp. They built a Club House which became the Sandcastle and now the Paradise Cove Beach Cafe. Further plans were halted by WWII and they sold to Bill Swanson in 1945. From Here to There and Back Again So the saying goes… “What comes around, goes around.” Some fifty odd years ago, the Morris family owned Paradise Cove. Bob Morris’ father, Joe Morris, assembled about 70 acres, paying from $3,500 to $ 25,000 an acre. He first bought 30 acres adjoining the cove from Fred Roberts and subsequently bought the adjoining 40 acres from Bill Swanson assembling the Cove in the configuration that it is today. During the late 50’s and early 60’s, Malibu was a kick back beach community. A time when Beach Blanket Bingo, Gidget, and the television shows Sea Hunt and Malibu Run were filmed at the cove. In those days the Cove was a truly fishy place, hundreds of fisherman turned up each day; either launching of renting boats, fishing form one of the live bait boats or from the barge moored out in front. Bob Morris and his brothers really had “fun in the sun” in those days and then their dad, Papa Joe, did a dirty trick and sold Paradise Cove to the Kissel family. With broken hearts the Morris boys were forced to go out and get real jobs. Bryant Morris went on to build destination waterfront villages: Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey, Shoreline Village in Long Beach and Seaport Village in San Diego. Bryant now lives in Napa Valley. Bob Morris went on to create and build a number of restaurants in the area – Gladstone’s Malibu, The Jetty, RJ’s the Rib Joint, Malibu Sea Lion and a few others, some of which he may not wish to remember…… In October 1996, a wonderful event happened when Bob and Kerry Morris’ son, Timothy was born. Back then Bob decided that it would be a good time to return to Malibu and raise Tim in the environment that he was raised in - back in the beach. So the Paradise Cove Beach Cafe opened it’s doors in 1998. These days Tim, Melanie, Robert, Sam, Max and Charlie all have “fun in the sun”; fishing on the pier, surfing or hanging out on the beach. Tim has now joined the family business and is part of the management team. The Paradise Cove Beach Cafe is the culmination of everything that Bob Morris has learned in the restaurant business to create the ultimate California Beach restaurant. So here you will find the Morris family and the next generation having come full circle – “Back at the Beach”. So bring your family and come on down.

Paradise Cove Today

Our restaurant features photos and artifacts of Paradise Cove history throughout the years. So come and visit us at Paradise Cove Beach Cafe for the ultimate California beach experience. After all, not many people can say they hung out, ate, and took photos at the exact same place Marilyn Monroe did at 26 years old.