Old Tony's

08/21/2026

This could possibly be one of the coolest "Tony Trutanich sr" stories yet.
So the very very famous Smoothers Brothers were born and raised in Redondo Beach and both attended RUHS. During all 4 years of high school Tommy Smoothers was a bus boy working for my Dad at Old Tony's, his brother Dick worked there for 2 summers.
Skip ahead 40 years and a Redondo Beach couple The Fitzgeralds , decide to go on the maiden voyage of the very famous cruise liner The Queen Elizabeth 2. This was a very exclusive voyage reserved for the fortunate. It turns out the Smoothers Brothers are the Headliners for this voyage.
One night after watching the Smoothers Brothers perform Mr Fitzgerald knowing the Smoothers Brothers are from Redondo decides to say loudly
" who here has heard of Redondo Beach ?"
Tom Smoothers over hears this and approaches Mr Fitz and ask
" Do you know Tony Trutanich, owner of Tony's on the Pier in Redondo"
Fitz replies " I've known Tony for 40 years "
Tom goes on to tell Mr Fitz that he worked for Tony while attending RUHS
Tom was quoted as saying
" HE TAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT LIFE THAN ANYBODY " " TONY WORKED ME HARD BUT WAS ALWAYS FAIR , I OWE ALOT TO THAT MAN"
Tom then handed Mr Fitz a business card
and said
" PLEASE GIVE THIS TO TONY THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM "

So for all of you under the age of 50 to explain just what a big deal the Smoothers Brothers were, the Smoothers Brothers appeared on the Johnny Carson show 32 times.

This is just one more story to show the type of man my Dad was and the lives he effected in a good way over the years.

You can't be a bad person and have 800 people show up for your funeral. I remember grown men who I'd never met before approaching me at my Dads funeral saying telling me these wonderful stories
One man said

" I just wanted to tell you that your father Tony was the closest thing I ever had to having a Dad. I remember I was having trouble at school with Math and your Dad would sit with me before my shift and go over my Math homework with me and would correct my wrong answers and teach me how to get the right answer"

My Dad's philosophy when it came to his employees was to never talk down to employees or order them to do something. His favorite business saying that I believe he coined was
" Teach don't Preach" if an employee knows the why your telling them to do something then that employee can teach other and new employees the reasons why they do certain things and that employee will have a feeling of ownership with your establishment . So never be preaching always be teaching.
I love and miss him so fu***ng much it hurts my heart every day.
Tony Jr.

PS. If you worked for my Dad I would be so honored if you mentioned that here and how he was to work for.

05/27/2026

In a parking lot getting emotional thinking about my Dad and it's been 18 years and it still hurts so bad that hes not here so bad.
One of the 1000 lessons he taught me was to not sit on the sidelines to not live life saying " I should have " or " i wish I had" When it came to business and my business ideas as long as I would present him with a detailed business plan he would financially support me.
He would always cut me off when I would sit with him and start telling him why my idea was so great and he would say
" Son, Im sure it's a great business idea but everyone when starting a new business will tell you the reasons why their going to make a million dollars with their new business. If Im going to invest in your business I don't want to hear all the great things about it what I want you to do is write down the 10 reasons why this new business could fail and what are you going to do to prepare for these possibilities. "
I would say
" no Dad this business is full proof "
and he would say
" Bu****it son, no business is full proof"
So he would force me to come up with 10 reasons the business could fail and solutions"
I remember after one of my 1st businesses failing I was crying so hard to him because I had failed and he had backed the business and I felt as though I had let him down and to this day I remember his exact words to me . He said
" Son, I am NOT disappointed in you, in fact I am so very proud of you "
I said
" what do you mean Dad, why would you be proud of me, Im a failure"
He put his hands of both sides of my head and looked right into my eyes and into my soul and said
" Im so proud of you son because you tried, you had an idea , you put everything you had into it and you failed , who cares? But at least you tried. Don't ever be one of those guys who sits on the sidelines saying " I could have " or " I should have"
He went on to say
" I would much rather lose a bunch of money investing in 10 businesses you failed at than watching you do nothing and not trying at all because your to afraid to fail . Nobody has ever become financially successful without failing but the only way to become successful is that you have to learn why you failed so let's talk about why this one failed and make sure you learn and grow from it. Cant be more proud of you for trying "
One day I asked him
" Dad where does your support for me come from when it comes to my business ideas ?"
And he said
" I was a young man and had this idea to open a small diner on the Redondo Beach pier. Since I was a fisherman out of Pedro I had great connections on seafood and could serve the freshest seafood in the South Bay. The fish I could serve my customers would have been caught within the last 24 hours. And to save money I was going to use the nets from the boats that were discarded for decor and any other items I could find down at the docks. " " So I had this amazing idea and I asked my Dad if I could talk to him after dinner about my idea and his Dad said casually " Sure"
" So with great enthusiasm after dinner me and my Dad headed to the couch where I explained my diner idea to him and my Dad said " Son that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard and didn't want to discuss it any further"
My Dad told me that when his Dad said that it devastated him and crushed his soul and that he NEVER wanted me to have that same feeling he had that his father was not there to support him or his ideas.
Well my Dad got his real estate license , sold his 1st deal which was small, borrowed some money from some gangsters and opened Tonys Diner on a shoe string budget. Opened with 5 tables and a small bar and the rest is history my friends. So support your kids and there ideas because them knowing that they have their Dad's support is priceless and tell them it's ok to fail but don't allow failure to keep them from trying. YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRYING DONT EVER GIVE UP.
Tony Jr

03/23/2026

Congratulations Tony Trutanich III and your team on winning the State Championship in Ice Hockey . Tony also finished the season personally ranked #1 in California and the #4 best player Nationally for 18U AA. HE ended the season with 70 points in 50 games and was the leagues # 1 goal scorer.
Now it's off the Philly to play for Nationals.
So Proud of you son.

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02/24/2026

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10/11/2025

I suck at public speaking but hey ill give it my best

10/10/2025

You guys like to read stories about my Dad so watching this clip reminded me of him.
So EVERY day at 3pm when my Dad was getting ready to go home he would walk over to the phone, pick it up and call my Mom. Heres how the call would go.
Dad ; " Hi honey, im just calling to let you know im about to leave the restuarant and i wanted to know if there was anything I can pick up for you on the way home ? "
Mom; " No thank you but thanks for calling"
Dad ; " Ok then, I"ll see you soon and I LOVE YOU"
Mom : " Love you to, drive safe "

One day as a kid I asked my Dad
" Dad why do you call Mom EVERY day when youre about to go home when she never needs anything"

He replied ; " Son, I need your Mom to know 2 things. 1st I need her to know that I am always here for her and occasionally she will need maybe a gallon of Milk, some tomatoes or whatever and when she does need something i dont let out a sigh or a moan. When she needs something i will tell her " sure thing" and i will happily pick it up for her. That simple phone call lets her know that her husband supports her and is here to make her life easier in any way possible. She feels supported and that is very important when making a relationship successful.
And 2nd its a chance to remind her that I love her by always ending the call with an " I love you "

So guys if Joe Montana has time to call his wife during an NFL football game and my Dad had time to call his wife EVERY day while managing 150 employees, 2 restuarants, real estate etc just say I love you then show your wife she matters by reolying to a text or just call to say I love you and what can I do to make your day a little bit easier.

Another one of the things my Dad woukd do is he would every 4 weeks or so he would wake up early and go outside. He would grab a vase and he would clip a bunch of roses from the yard, place them into the vase , add water and put them on the counter top in the kitchen when my Mom would see them when she came downstairs for the 1st time in the day.
Along with the flowers he was place an envelope that had her nickname " P*e Wee" on it. Inside that envekope would be a hand written poem that he would write himself. It wasnt always a great poem but the fact that he wrote it was the important part.
So again being a kid I asked my Dad " Why dont you just call a flower shop and have flowers delivered and pick out a proffesionally written card.
Dad replied
" Son , it takes zero effort to send someone you love flowers from a shop. If when you get older and are with someone you truly love and want to give her flowers then you go to the yard and you hand pick them yourself. And you sit down the night before and you write her a poem, it might be the worlds worst poem but if this girl doesnt appreciate the poem you wrote or says you should have ordered the flowers because they would have looked better then son shes not the girl for you.
They were married 45 years and loved eachother more than ever when my Dad passed.

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09/23/2025

This is the oldest photo ive been able to find . Before Old Tonys it opened as Tonys Cafe for a few years.

08/21/2025

My Dad "Tony Sr" always told me that August and October were his toughest months during WW2. He flew 32 missions in a b-17 bomber during the most deadly times. Day light missions un escorted with fighter planes into deep Germany My Dad was always in the lead b-17 bomber going into battle.
This video is an amazing reminder of what those boys went through and its a video everyone shoukd watch. And yes my Dad was in the lead b17 for this mission also referred to as Black Tuesday

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07/30/2025

Tsunami party old Tony's starting at 1:00 a.m. tonight I will be there let's have fun