MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- The road to recovery after the Palisades Fire has been anything but smooth for a group of historical business owners on the eastern edge of Malibu.

For years, the Reel Inn was a staple along Pacific Coast Highway at Topanga Canyon Boulevard. The famous seafood shack fed surfers and tourists for nearly 40 years.

Its sign is now in a pile of rubble, and because of a yearslong dispute over land use, the Reel Inn may never reopen.

Other businesses are facing the same roadblocks when it comes to rebuilding -- The Topanga Ranch Motel, Wiley's Bait and Tackle, Cholada Thai and Rosenthal Wine Bar.

"When I would go to fish, of course, we would go to Wiley's Bait and Tackle, Cholada Thai all the time to get some curry, some pad thai. Reel Inn was like, my spot. That's w

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