Frank Torres built a roadhouse on the cliffs above a secluded cove in 1927, and it served as a speakeasy called Frank’s Place. Booze was said to arrive on boats landing on the beach below. Dashiell Hammett frequented it and featured the speakeasy in his story The Girl with the Silver Eyes.
After Prohibition ended in 1933 it became a restaurant and today it is officially designated a California Point of Historical Interest. Diners look out over the Pacific.
The restaurant promotes a legend of a ghost called the Blue Lady. A 2008 television team that visited said it found staged effects, and one analysis found that the ghost story does not appear before 1981, so treat it as folklore.
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