Chez Melange was an American seafood restaurant and gastropub located in Redondo Beach, California, which closed on February 29, 2020.
[2] It was opened in 1982 and owned and run by Michael Franks and co-owner and head chef Robert Bell.
[2] 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.
[2][3] Robert Bell said when first meeting Michael Franks, "I remembered thinking, I don’t want to work with this guy.
[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.