BRIEFS

The Longboard Restaurant & Pub came out on top during the 2nd annual

Huntington Beach Restaurant Olympics on Saturday.

One of 14 participating restaurant teams, Longboard was the overall

winner of the competition, which was designed to provide a fun and

competitive environment for city eateries while also promoting local

businesses.

A team of employees from Gallagher’s, Crabby Kenny’s and Ibiza

restaurants placed second, with B.J.’s Huntington Beach coming in third.

The teams competed in five events, including a chowder taste-off,

waiter/waitress relay, table setting, bread toss, sand surfing and clean

water relay.

Longboard won both relays and the table setting events, with B.J.

Pizza clinching the bread toss and Chimayo’s nabbing fist in sand

surfing.

Prizes were also awarded for best dressed and team spirit, with judges

supplied by 24 Hour Fitness. The event was jointly sponsored by the

city’s restaurant association and visitors bureau.

$10,000 raised for library wing

The Huntington Beach Restaurant Assn.’s Taste of Huntington Beach

raised more than $10,000 for the children’s wing of the Huntington Beach

Central Library.

The event, which was held Sunday, drew more than 700 to the Waterfront

Hilton Beach Resort and featured cuisine and wine tasting from 35 area

restaurants and 20 wineries.

Association officials plan to make the fund-raiser an annual event to

accompany the city’s Restaurant Olympics.