If you drove Coast Highway last July and you drive it this July, you are not looking at the same restaurant row. Dizz's As Is is dark after forty years. The Heisler Building has been quiet since Bodega left. The old "3" space is being gutted for a pizza oven. And two of the three canyon art festivals are marking their sixtieth anniversary in the same ten weeks. Summer in Laguna Beach usually feels like a rerun with a new Pageant theme. This one doesn't.
Here is what actually changed on your block, and how to work the season around it.
The Coast Highway turnover you can taste
Three of the town's most recognizable addresses flipped tenants inside a single spring.
At 2794 S. Pacific Coast Highway,
