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Yowza! Check out the New Teachers' Lounge at Mira Costa

A Manhattan Beach resident and architect -- who has designed many restaurants -- has his fingerprints all over this project.


It looks more like a fine dining restaurant -- farm-to-table anyone? -- than a teachers’ lounge.

Architect Stephen Francis Jones, a Manhattan Beach resident, has a lengthy resume, which not surprisingly, includes many restaurants. He’s designed:

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  • Wolfgang Puck’s Spago
  • MB Post in Manhattan Beach
  • Lucky Strike Lanes chain
  • The Redwood Grille in Santa Monica
  • Del Frisco’s Grille in Santa Monica
  • Greenleaf Chop Shop in Costa Mesa
  • Four Java House franchises in Nairobi
  • 360 Degrees (artisan pizza) in Kenya
  • Brouwerij West in San Pedro

And now, Mira Costa High School’s teachers’ lounge.

PHOTOS Courtesy Stephen Francis Jones

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