Dining details: The Beachcomber at the Malibu Pier

The Beachcomber Location: 23000 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, (310) 456-9800; www.thebeachcombercafe.com.Price: Bar menu: cocktails, $9 to $12; appetizers, sandwiches and salads, $10 to $16; hot coffee/liqueur drinks, $8; desserts, $9. Lunch sandwiches and salads, $13 to $17; pizza, $14; dinner soups, salads and appetizers, $6 to $16; entrees, $19 to $45; desserts, $9. Corkage fee, $15, four-bottle maximum.Best dishes: Blueberry multigrain pancakes, tiny ahi tacos, clay pot chicken, seafood pot pie, coco-mango yum-yum (coconut cake with sorbet and fruit).Details: Open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Thanksgiving day, Christmas Day and at 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Validated lot parking (valet) in pier lot, entrance just south of the pier.