Here are your responses to this week’s Q-Line. — “I think ideally it should have been The Reel Inn, the fish place that’s on the Promenade, or The Enterprise Fish Company which is down is Venice. They are both very good fish houses. Both are very woody and perfect for the pier. I’m sad to see the Boathouse going. I’m not so sure about this Bubba Gump Shrimp. It’s more chains and more money coming into the city. The greed in this city has become very blatant.” — “I’m a visitor to Santa Monica. I live in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I’ve gotten out here several times in the past 20 years and I always enjoy your beautiful city but I did have one disappointment and that was that the Boathouse restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier was closed. I went there to eat dinner on Sunday and then I read in your paper about the shrimp place. I would like to see the original ownership return if at all possible. That probably won’t happen but that’s what I would like to cast my vote for. I enjoy your beautiful city and hope to return again soon.” — “I’d like to see that Boathouse back on the pier. Sheffield would have put in the time to fix it up had she been given the opportunity.” — “I think they should have left The Boathouse. Her grandfather built it. This is insane. I would have left her right where she is. I would have approved her original plan.” — “The city is like the Mafia. They decided to take away something that looks like it belongs on the pier for more money. Bubba Gump comes from one of the worst movies ever made. The whole town of Santa Monica is wrecked. It’s just a mess. These people are green for money. We are all furious about it and we won’t forget when it comes time to vote.” — “I think the city of Santa Monica has sold out and I think they are going to lose much by closing the Boathouse. They should have come together with this woman to improve her property and to add a few things to her restaurant that would bring in more people. I’m just a normal person here is Santa Monica and I didn’t like that idea at all.” — “I would choose an independent (not a chain, no GAP) store that specializes in moderate priced low-calorie delights. Delights made of yogurt, low-fat milk, wheat bread and fruit. These would be original delights. They would-n’t be copies of things that are elsewhere. They’d be very attractively displayed and a place to sit down to eat them with café latte and cappuccino, etc. It would not be high priced, very moderate. Nutritious snacks.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 26, 2002. Read the original PDF.