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New Manhattan Beach Restaurant, Circa

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Manhattan Beach has welcomed another Restaurant, Circa, into the downtown Manhattan Beach, on Manhattan Ave. Circa, is a  warm, vintage, industrial space that has 130 seats. Circa serves global cuisine that is tapa style, or meant for sharing. Award-winning chef Octavio Becerra, created the menu items, and made sure to include global flavors in his cooking. The global flavors  coupled with the cozy nature of the decor gives restaurant goers, the ultimate restaurant experience. Dishes that are recommended to try at Circa include the steamed buns / crispy pork belly / quail egg / spicy scallion relish and Korean beef short ribs with spicy root vegetables.

Sample Menu items include:

• basturma = Turkish cured salmon / caraway potato latke / shaved cucumber
• steamed dumplings / lamb / goat cheese / black olive / marjoram
• raviolo en “brodo” / “in broth” / ricotta cheese / porcini custard / kale / parmigiano
• black olive gnocchi / dungeness crab / nettles / English peas / meyer lemon
• charred octopus / gigande beans / chorizo / wild brocolini / purple mustard
• crispy pork belly / gnarly carrots / bok choy / citrus-salsa verde
• Asian fried chicken / Seoul slaw / herb + lettuce cups

The menu at Circa is diverse and packed with flavor! The drink menu at circa is just as impressive, and offers a wide range of craft cocktails created by Executive Beverage Directors Julian Cox and Josh Goldman. Circa is  also open on the weekends with music until 2 a.m.

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Cantina Real Comes to Manhattan!

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If you are a fan of Mexican Food, you will love this news! Cantina Real will be taking the place of American Farmhouse Tavern and Dining Hall, and making Manhattan Beach its second home. Cantina Real is a well- known for their margaritas, great chips and salsa, and for people that have a sweet tooth, Cantina’s deep fried ice-cream. Cantina Real has been around for approximately 50 years and has been owned and operated by Real Blias, 82, and his adult son Steve and daughter Joline.

According to a manager at Cantina Real, the expansion to Manhattan Beach will commence in couple years and will include new additions and/or changes to the menu. Blias and his son Steve will manage the new Manhattan Beach location, while Real’s daughter Joline, will stay in Hermosa. There are also plans in the works to remodel the patio area at the Hermosa Beach location in the near future. Owner of American Farmhouse, Orlando Novoa will be relocating to his unique food fare to San Luis Obispo and also embarking on plans to help open a new resturant in the nea future. Although locals are sad to American Farmhouse leave, they are just as happy to welcome Cantina Real to the 90266. Stay tuned for more “Living in the 90266,” and make sure to check out the Dave Salzman Real Estate blog.