Thank You for 54 Years of Memories, Community & Mai-Tais

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Wind & Sea Restaurant will close its doors to the public after 54 years in Dana Point Harbor. With just a few days remaining, I wanted to take a moment on behalf of the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce to recognize a remarkable local business — and, more importantly, the people behind it.

Long before Dana Point became the destination we know today — and nearly two decades before Dana Point even became a city — a very young Bob Mardian took a chance on a dirt lot in a brand-new Dana Point Harbor. He was just 24 years old when he signed the lease in 1971— one of the first leases signed in the Harbor — with no way of knowing what the Harbor, or the community surrounding it, would eventually become.

Read more about Wind and Sea’s historic run and the full piece here.