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# Drink up, just not at Shutters
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/drink-up-just-not-at-shutters-editor/
- Published: 2006-11-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:58:50.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Di Costanzo Santa Monica*

Though many of us cannot afford the $12 glasses of wine that Shutters and Casa del Mar serve, we can certainly request that our friends and guests who have that kind of loot spend it at the many other fine establishments in Santa Monica that do not slime the one City Council candidate who really does listen to his constituents — Kevin McKeown. Sanctions may not work on the axis of evil, but maybe they will against the Edward Thomas Co.

By the way, how did I get on their mailing list, and how do I get off?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 1, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)