[Loud Mime]

I used to eat there......gone. Good videos at the source.

[ThomasThomas]

I saw them fighting the fire from boats.

[Loud Mime]

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[chrisinoc]

Looks like the fire started in the old kitchen area. I am thinking that rotted electrical wiring would be the likely cause.

[Parley Baer]

I have ate at the one on the Huntington Beach pier. The food has always been good.

[bruin66]

I used to fish off that pier when I as a lad in the 50’s. Also Huntington Beach and Newport Beach piers.

[kingu]

It was gone 3 years ago when they declined to renew the contract as the pier wasn’t being maintained properly. Still isn’t. Maybe the fire will get them to actually fix the pier and make it likely someone rebuilds. I’m not going to hold my breath.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Update: Vacant Ruby’s Diner ‘has been destroyed’ after fire at Seal Beach Pier

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-716575-beach-restaurant.html

[BigEdLB]

I ate there too. Watch people fishing as you eat breakfast.

[martin_fierro]

A shame. It was a pretty good restaurant.

[Slambat]

“The cause of the fire was under investigation”

Arson. California has declared war on businesses and anyone
with any sense is getting out.

[EveningStar]

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[Yaelle]

I heard this when it was still burning this morning and watched the photos and videos on Twitter! Soooo sad! My son’s favorite restaurant in the whole world. We went there all the time, the kids always had to kiss the seal statue (hope it made it), many meals and snacks seated over the Pacific Ocean there. Every birthday he wanted to eat there.

I hope they rebuild. That pier takes a lot of ocean hits too.

[truth_seeker]

FWIW the California coast is pretty cool, for a variety of reasons.

One reason is all of the “village” areas, along the coast.

Belmont Shore, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Downtown Huntington Beach, Newport Pier, Balboa Pier/Fun Zone,
Balboa Island, Corona Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, San Clemente, etc.

Same for LA County, San Diego County, Ventura County, Santa Barbara County and further north.

For about 8 months of the year, crowds are nonexistent. Most places have farmers’ market days, shopping, other events, long wide clean beaches with trails, piers, etc.

Not to mention the best climate in the world. (shared with a few places in the Mediterranean, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa).