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Here, you can opt for a West Coast starter of torched salmon belly with miso glaze, avocado and apple as well as the tasty New England clam chowder or New York-style smoked Atlantic salmon with artisanal bagel. Topping other menu sections are a lobster roll, served warm or cold, and a market-priced share plate of whole fried bonein black bass with ginger, soy and green onion.

There's also a refined West Coast flair in the ocean-echoing design of the 60-seat dining room and raw bar, a collaboration with designer Jessica Schuster. Nautical elements include polished teak and brass, seafoamcolored walls, scalloped tiled floors, and an emerald green bar top. A patio lined with white ban- quettes seats 30 more.

A full bar complements the culinary experience and enhances the space with an eye-catching liquor display. The wine list features international and biodynamic producers alongside Saltie Girl’s proprietary rosé and champagne by the glass.

Cocktails warrant attention, too. The Plum brings bourbon, umeshu, lemon verbana and smoke. The Saltie is a martini garnished with caviar.

Speaking of which, a separate menu presents caviar service and buns baked by Sidell’s son, Ben. Ben Sidell, founder of SweetBoy bakery, helms the Saltie Girl pastry program. SweetBoy started as a side hustle during the pandemic; the patisserie transitioned to serious business when celebrity Busy Phillips received a box of SweetBoy cookies that she posted about on social media.

Desserts at Saltie Girl include homestyle classics such as coconut caramel brownie tarts and blood orange olive oil cakes. SweetBuns, caramelized toffee drizzled brioche cinnamon rolls, are available for pickup in limited quantities on weekends.

Sunset Plaza, 8615 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, saltiegirl.com

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“It’s nice to have shows go beyond that and have a life.

“It represents the theater, it represents those actors, it represents the unions. It represents the team when those shows are able to have life beyond the regional theater world.”

The producers first found touring success in 1997 with their most enduring show, “Peter Pan.” It starred Rigby in the role that launched her acting career and went on to Broadway and multiple tours, eventually featuring other performers in the title role.

With these ventures beyond the theater itself, the city’s money isn’t at risk, McCoy said.

Once the city has made back its money on a show during the La Mirada run, the producers work on the tours with a variety of investors, including longtime Broadway backer the Nederlander Organization.

Those partnerships have produced other shows seen in La Mirada, including “Jekyll and Hyde” for both Broadway and a national tour, plus national tours of “Seussical, the Musical,“ “Camelot” and “Annie Get Your Gun.”

Beyond the United States, they’ve sent their production of “Dreamgirls” to Japan and La Mirada’s “Miss Saigon” to China.

Most recently they became the only American company to send a Broadway musical to Saudi Arabia: a 2019 staging of “Peter Pan” in the capital city of Riyadh.

That country’s politics did raise eyebrows, McCoy acknowledges.

“I got some flak from some folks about it, yeah,” McCoy says, “because of what their government sometimes stands for. My response was ‘I get it. I understand that, but let’s crack open the door in terms of hearts and