Making waves

Chez Melange restaurant in Redondo Beach is now a seafoodcentric restaurant called Sea Change. The restaurant is part of a group of three concepts operating under one roof, all owned by Michael Franks and chef Robert Bell. A gastropub called Bouzy Gastropub is in the front, Sea Change is in the back, and an oyster bar — called Oyster Bar — is on the side. Chez Melange started as a single restaurant in the South Bay area 32 years ago, but split into the three parts when it moved to its current location in Redondo Beach in 2008. The new Sea Change features a seafood-focused menu that includes kung pao-style lobster, zarzuela (a Spanish seafood stew) and Hawaiian ono fish in a Thai coconut curry broth.

Chez Melange: 1611 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, (310) 5401222, www.chezmelange.com.