Malibu's New Regulars Keep Unusual Hours. Here's How the Week Fits Together Now.

The sandwich called the Torpedo is back in Malibu. Sara Jerabek, who grew up here, got the recipe from the owners of Pt. Pizza, where she used to order it. She now serves it at The Sandwich Shop, which she opened at 30150 Morningview Drive in a house her grandparents were the first to live in, across from Malibu Middle and High schools. "Having the Torpedo on the menu provides a bit of nostalgia for those of us who grew up here when I did," she told The Malibu Times.

For now, you can only get the Torpedo Wednesday through Friday, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Short hours like these are typical of what opened in Malibu this year. The newest storefronts set their schedules around particular days and particular hours of the day. Two longtime places that stayed open across the widest range of days, holidays and occasions both set end dates in September. Malibu's week has changed shape as a result. It still has plenty in it, but each new place covers only part of it, and you have to know which day you are on.

Friday Is the Only Day They All Overlap

Look at this summer's arrivals side by side and their schedules barely touch. The Sandwich Shop serves weekday lunches. BEAMS opened what The Malibu Times calls its first U.S. concept shop at 23710 Malibu Road on Aug. 7, and it is open only Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The two schedules share a single day of the week.

Two of the new arrivals keep daily hours. Hank's Organic is open every day from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 22601 Pacific Coast Highway, where PC Greens used to be. The Royal Egg Cafe opened June 15 at 29169 Heathercliff Road, Suite 106, and the July report on its debut listed daily hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those were the hours in July, so check before you plan a morning around them.

The grid below combines those hours with the published October calendar for the next three weeks.

Friday is the only day when every one of the new arrivals is open. It is also the day the October calendar begins, with tomorrow evening's sunset hike.

A Global Brand Chose Three Days on Malibu Road

The BEAMS schedule stands out more once you know the size of the company. BEAMS was founded in Harajuku, Tokyo. It marked its 50th anniversary in February and has roughly 165 stores across Japan and Asia. According to company officials, the Malibu opening "is intended to establish a new platform for cultural expression and to strengthen the company's business foundation in North America."

For its first U.S. concept shop, the company chose a weekend-only room on Malibu Road. The shop carries everyday staples that the company says are meant to be worn season after season, along with collaboration pieces such as BEAMS' first project with Hoka.

A few doors away, N2 Aesthetics opened at 23841 Malibu Road, Suite 18. Councilmembers, city staff and the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce attended its Aug. 22 ribbon-cutting. Heather Alfano, a Malibu resident who works as a nurse at the clinic after 18 years in UCLA's ICU, described the opening as part of helping "to rebuild our beautiful community." With both openings, this stretch of Malibu Road has two new destinations that opened within a few weeks of each other.

The Daily Anchor Took Three Years to Arrive

Hank's Organic is the exception among the new arrivals. It is the only one open from early morning to evening, seven days a week. According to The Malibu Times, Malibu waited more than three years for it while permitting, fire delays and construction problems held up the opening.

The store sells organic groceries alongside hot and cold prepared deli meals, coffees and smoothies. The paper also pointed out two machines it says are found nowhere else in Malibu, a pineapple slicer and a fresh orange juice press, both used while you wait.

Hank's waited three years for the right space, while the other new places opened on trial schedules. Between them, they show that a business in Malibu can now launch in more than one way. The two endings below show what Malibu is losing in the same season.

Two Rooms That Covered Every Occasion

Kristy's opened in early 2011 as Kristy's Wood Oven & Wine Bar, overlooking Zuma Beach on the Malibu Country Inn property. In early 2017 it moved into the former Le Village Cafe space at Trancas Country Market. It served breakfast, lunch and dinner. It stayed open on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, offered free pajama pancakes to children on Christmas morning, and hosted an annual Chinese New Year gathering with a dragon dance. Kristy Apana described the room's role in a single list: "We've hosted birthdays, anniversaries, retirement celebrations, wedding proposals, and memorials honoring those we've lost."

In late August, The Malibu Times reported that the restaurant would close Sept. 9. The story does not say what comes next for the space. After the closing date, Apana said she would still cater, and she can be reached through the contact listed in that article.

Rosenthal Malibu Estate's story ends in a different setting. The Palisades Fire destroyed its wine bar and patio on Pacific Coast Highway in January 2025. The estate then opened its Newton Canyon vineyard to visitors, with a soft opening in August 2025. Guests could taste where the wines started. George Rosenthal planted the first vines in 1987, and the winery describes the planting as Malibu's first vineyard. The 28 acres of vines sit about 1,450 feet above sea level within the Malibu-Newton Canyon American Viticultural Area.

The Vineyard Experience held its final public tasting on Saturday, Sept. 26. As of The Malibu Times' report, the winery had not said what will happen to the vines, wine production or the wine club. Its online shop was still listing wines.

Over 15 years, both places served as somewhere to mark a birthday, raise a glass on a holiday, or bring guests on a weekday afternoon. Neither has a direct replacement among this year's openings. Each new arrival covers a single part of that range, such as a weekday lunch, a weekend browse or a daily grocery run.

Building the October Calendar Around It

Malibu's civic calendar runs on specific dates, much like the new shops. The City of Malibu calendar lists these coming events:

1. Charmlee Sunset Hikes, Friday, Oct. 9, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Charmlee Wilderness Park.
2. Buzz, Bloom, and Paint Community Art Mural, Saturday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Malibu Bluffs Park.
3. Caffeinated Verse, a poetry event, Saturday, Oct. 10, 1:30 to 4 p.m., at Malibu Library.
4. Poetry Writing Studio, Saturday, Oct. 17, 1:30 to 4 p.m., at Malibu Library, listed on the Malibu Cultural Arts calendar.
5. Malibu Moves, Oct. 24 and 25 at Zuma Beach, with a half marathon, 10K, 5K, one-mile and kids' run, according to the event's site.

These events line up well with the new shop hours. On Oct. 10, a Saturday, you could go from the mural at the Bluffs to the poetry session at the library, then spend the late afternoon at BEAMS before its 6 p.m. close. Tomorrow's hike begins at 6 p.m., so a lunch at The Sandwich Shop and the hike can share the same Friday.

If you are coming in from the east for any of these, check the Palisades fire-repair stretch of Pacific Coast Highway first. Caltrans' project page, last updated in June, describes the segment from Sunset Boulevard to Carbon Beach Terrace as an active work zone, subject to single-lane closures and a 25-mph limit. That information is from June, so check Caltrans QuickMap for current conditions before an event with a fixed start time.

Malibu's businesses are changing faster this year than in any season we can remember, and the changes affect how a home here is used from one week to the next. If you are thinking about what the new map of Malibu Road, Trancas and the stretches between them means for your property, Barbra Stover would welcome the conversation. Let's Connect.