Friday, May 11, 2018

The Rockford Files - Episode: Aura Lee, Farewell - Opening scene - Sea Shore Inn Fish House on Pacific Coast Highway


Here is another scene that we need help with. I digitally enhanced the restaurant's sign in the bottom photo. The restaurant was named SEA SHORE INN - FISH HOUSE. It appears to be on the Pacific Coast Highway. Anybody remember this restaurant and its location? Thanks! 

We have solved yet another location mystery. Loyal viewer Don H. has identified this location as 17300 Pacific Coast Hwy
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Thank you Don H. for your assistance again...

BELOW: Some better quality images of the Sea Shore Inn Fish House as seen in another TV series: Ghost Story (TV 1972)- The Concrete Captain



19 comments:

Bruno Stewert said...

The year was either 1974 or 1975. We were visitng California from our home state of Florida. We stopped at the restaurant you have pictured. Back then the food was good, the prices were average and the plate was full of food. We stayed at a motel a little way up the highway. Very beautiful area back then.

Anonymous said...

Was never there for Sea Shore Inn but have been to Gladstones.

Anonymous said...

What memories you bring back. Great blog!

Jon said...

The same restaurant is used in the first scene of the 1972 NBC supernatural drama GHOST STORY. Gena Rowlands and Stuart Whitman play the opening act of "The Concrete Captain" in the parking lot beside the Sea Shore.

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha, I worked at The Sea Shore Inn when I was a kid in the early 70's. It was a turn and burn tourist trap with horrible deep fried frozen fish. The owner was a great guy but a drunk named Austin Nienhauser. He owned the Sea Shore Inn and all the snack stands up PCH to Santa Monica Canyon called the "Neeney Way" which the name was used in the iconic Beach Boys song "Surf'n USA". I worked for them a few summers and had a BLAST growing up in Pacific Palisades when it was "Real"!!!

Anonymous said...

I worked for Mr. Nienhauser, too, in the same era (1973-4). I mainly worked the snack shacks "Neeny's Famous Weenies on the Beach." Young teens were allowed employment at these state beach franchises. $1.29 an hour was the below-minimum wage that was also allowed. It was great. Georgia was his bookkeeper, and Townsend was the Sea Shore Inn cook. Everyone else, it seemed, were kids. After 2 summers I lied about my age and started at the Chart House up the beach washing dishes.

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Anonymous said...

good ol days gone bye...now a bunch of old farts..such as life...

Thank You Sir said...

Chart House is overrated joint like many others on Malibu..
Where is the Taco stand ?

Angel is my name and dope is it said...

Taco stand was a front ... the Rockford gang was running dope behind the stand and they was selling spiked chilly..

E. M. Martin said...

Right on bro..

Cristiano said...

It's legal now...let the party begin

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Thank you said...

Party on

Anonymous said...

Didn't the Seashore Inn become The Jetty? Georgia bought it from Nienhauser. He ended up with just the stands. I worked at all of them in the 70's. We had a lot of fun, at the beach stands at least. Georgia was a little more on top of things.

Anonymous said...

It was 1975 Sea Shore INN it was owned by Austin Neyhouser Pacific Palisades neneys Sea Shore INN fish house after that It was Sunset the restaurant than Gladstone Perry 💥

Anonymous said...

At that time I had worked across the street at the 76 Gas station I new Austin Neyhouser and he was a great guy the good old days Perry McMichael Sunspot 💥

Kim said...

I worked for Austin and Georgia in 1967, $3.00/hour.I have one of their dinner menu's,it's on a wooden cut-out little whale. It's hanging on my wall. Salmon steak was $2.45 for the dinner menu. I worked days mostly days. It was a fun summer!
Kim