"Seafood favorite Clark's Oyster Bar will open its newest location at the Cross Creek Ranch Malibu restaurant and retail complex, nestled between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, on Tuesday, October 28. It's the sixth location for the Austin-based restaurant chain, which opened in Montecito in December 2024 and in Silicon Valley's Menlo Park in April 2025."
"Clark's Oyster Bar's opening is a modest victory for Malibu, a city heavily impacted by the nearby Palisades Fire in January 2025. Though some of the severe damage impacted Pacific Palisades, limited access to the Pacific Coast Highway and ongoing recovery efforts have posed challenges for Malibu restaurants seeking to rebuild, like the Reel Inn. MML Hospitality managing partner, Larry McGuire, says his opening was delayed by eight months due to the fire. "We love spending time in California," says McGuire. "Clark's doesn't really have a growth plan, so Malibu was just the right opportunity. It's nice to get out of the Texas heat and be in these beautiful places.""
"Clark's Oyster Bar Malibu will showcase a similar menu as its other locations. Find jumbo shrimp cocktail, steak tartare, a shrimp or Dungeness crab Louie, and up to 11 varieties of oysters over ice with mignonette, horseradish, and cocktail sauce, as well as other classics like New England clam chowder, grilled Spanish octopus, crab cakes, linguine with clams, and cioppino. A supple lobster roll comes packed with lemon aioli, lettuce, and butter; brunch offers eggs in a hole and a broccolini and caramelized onion quiche. For meat-hungry diners, large-format plates like an oak-grilled New York strip steak make the dinner menu. McGuire developed a handful of new dishes for Clark's Malibu, including a warm beet and Brie salad and wood-grilled oysters."
Clark's Oyster Bar will open a Malibu location at Cross Creek Ranch on October 28 as the chain's sixth site, following Montecito and Menlo Park openings. The opening takes place amid recovery from the January 2025 Palisades Fire, which limited Pacific Coast Highway access and delayed some restaurant rebuilds. The Malibu menu mirrors other locations with oysters, shrimp cocktail, steak tartare, clam chowder, linguine with clams, cioppino, lobster roll, brunch offerings, and large-format steaks. The managing partner developed new dishes for Malibu, including a warm beet and Brie salad and wood-grilled oysters. The location will offer a full bar with cocktails and martinis.
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