2019, chef Hans Röckenwagner and his wife, marketing executive Patti Röckenwagner, aligned with Josiah Citrin, whose Santa Monica flagship, Mélisse, was in the middle of a renovation at the time, to revive once-famed Dear John’s in Culver City. Actor
through the 1970s. Harlowe sold the restaurant in the ’80s and Dear John’s languished in various ever-diminished iterations. Stone crab claws are on the menu at Dear Jane’s, a seafood-focused restaurant in Marina del Rey. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times