New Seafood Restaurant Claims Vacant Building at Huntington Beach Pier
People walk past the former Ruby’s Diner site, which stopped operation in February 2021, at the end of the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Sept. 22, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
The Broad Street Oyster Company—a seafood restaurant chain originally from Malibu—began renovations on May 24 to open at the end of the Huntington Beach Pier, replacing what was once Ruby’s Diner.
Founder and owner Christopher Tomkins said this location has been a dream of his for over 15 years—since he first visited Ruby’s Diner on the pier while on vacation, according to an interview with ABC7 news.
The iconic diners closed at both the Huntington Beach and Oceanside piers in 2021 following the chain’s owner filing for bankruptcy in 2018.
Mike Wiskus flies his Lucas Oil Pitts S-111B over the Huntington Beach Pier during the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Oct. 1, 2021. (Michael Heiman/Getty Images)A seafood and burger restaurant named Bud & Gene’s took over the Huntington Beach space last summer, but also closed down shortly after for unknown reasons.
Tompkins’ restaurant allegedly began as a seafood pop-up, until it secured its first permanent location on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in 2019.
The Huntington Beach Pier location will be the seventh in the California chain.
Tompkins told ABC 7 he hopes to have the new location open as soon as July.
He did not respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times.
