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Outline: Sections: 1. Background, location, food 2. Culture, Movies Topics: Established 1958 Seafood PCH Malibu Staple, get away from the city Used in movies such as Fast and Furious, Iron Man, Point Break Used as motorcycle stop Rugged

Neptune's Net
Neptune's Net is a popular seafood restaurant located right off of Pacific Coast Highway in the West Side of Malibu, California. It sits off of PCH, right where the ocean meets the mountains, right across the street from a well known Malibu surf spot, County Line. It is very popular for motorcyclists riding along the coast to stop at, as well as families, bikers, surfers, and beach-goers. Neptune's Net serves up a variety of seafood, from its famous fish and chips, to its clam chowder, and fish tacos. It also serves burgers, sandwiches, chili, cold beer, drinks, and much more. The restaurant is split into two different sections with its own menu, one being the side that serves fresh seafood such as shrimp, lobster, oysters, and fish. The other part of the restaurant is the fried section, which dishes out all of the fried food that Neptune's Net serves such as the fish and chips and fish tacos. There is also a wide variety of beverages and beers to choose from, including local lesser known beers, as well as more well-known varieties. Neptune's Net has been known to serve up around 200 pounds of Maine lobster and 150 pounds of Alaskan crab a week, which is a huge quantity in terms of seafood. Established in 1958, Neptune's Net has been recognized as a Malibu staple by locals for decades, and has been known as a big tourist destination for visitors looking to get a taste of Malibu Cuisine. Neptune's Net was created by an aerodynamicist named Jacob Eastman, who first gave it the name Jake's Diner. Since then, it has only changed a couple of times. The first being in 1974, when Neptune's Net was purchased by Paul and Dolley Seay. They are known for changing the name from Jake's Diner to Neptune's Net, and increasing the size of the restaurant by double. In 1991, it was sold to Michelle Lee, and her husband, Chong Sun. In the early '90s, a patio was also added to increase the amount of people that can be seated, but other than that, it hasn't been altered very much from its original structure. Neptune's Net is not considered to be fine dining by most standards. It has a very rugged personality, usually packed with many motorcyclists stopping there while biking up the California coastline, it has picnic tables outside and inside of the restaurant to eat at, and one of its only complaints is about the plumbing system and the fact that there are four port potties used as bathrooms, with no soap or water, but this all has been known to add to the feel of Neptune's Net. The picnic tables are usually pretty crowded, creating a more intimate environment with different groups of people sitting with each other.

== Movies ==

Neptune's Net has been used as set for various movies, including the first Fast and the Furious, where Paul Walker and Vin Diesel sat on the patio of Neptune's Net during a scene of the movie. It has also been a set in the surf movie Point Break, it was recreated as a set in Iron Man 3, it was in the Tom Cruise film "losin It," and it was featured on an episode of the show "The Hills." Many celebrities have been known to stop in to the Malibu classic, including Elizabeth Taylor, Jerry West, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Tom Hanks, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, and many more.

Plumbing/facilities
There has been a lot of talk and complaints about the poor quality of the bathrooms at Neptune's Net. There are port potties that are used as the restrooms, but they have been claimed to be in terrible condition frequently, but owner Michelle Lee cannot get Ventura County's permission to upgrade them with higher quality restrooms. They reason why Ventura County refuses to let Neptune's Net upgrades its bathrooms is because it uses an on-site septic system. These on-site septic systems bring some limitations that must be followed by the owner. Around 25 years ago, the county removed the criteria for sizing and designing septic systems from the building code. That means that restaurants that opened after the criteria was removed cannot have septic systems. Neptune's Net used to have two indoor permanent bathrooms that could be used by customers, but the restaurant was caught in the '90s building a deck without a permit to make the space bigger to fit more customers, but this was done without the county's permission. For the restaurant to be allowed to expand, it had to upgrade its septic system. This eliminated one of the restrooms, and the other was made for only employees to use. That was then they installed the portable toilets, and it seems that the only way that they could be upgraded would be to get the county's permission to replace the septic system with a sewage treatment plant. Neptune's Net could essentially build more bathrooms with this plant, but it would cost millions of dollars that the owner and restaurant cannot afford to pay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinnyvanpatten (talk • contribs) 00:24, 11 March 2014 (UTC)