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ARTICLE/PHOTO ESSAY. From the Half Moon Bay Coastside History Association on Instagram.
Imagine your home or business being washed out to sea.
In 1929, that’s exactly what happened to a Moss Beach restaurant, The Reefs. The Reefs- quite literally built on the sand just in front of the ocean reef- was a bustling tourist destination in the early 1900s.
The last owner, Charlie Nye described it- “When The Reefs was first built, it was built on the sand and there were rows of bathhouses on one side and a dance floor on the other side where they used to have an orchestra. There was a road to the beach and people used to drive down with their horse and buggies. There was a chute we used to slide groceries down from the cliff to the beach.” The Reefs specialized in abalone dishes and the discarded shells decorated the restaurant interior.
Alas, a storm with extremely high tide carried away the dance floor in 1923 and another storm demolished the entire structure in 1929. Today, all that remains of The Reefs is sand.
To read more about this fascinating bit of Coastal history, please check out this link which contains more information on The Reefs by writer June Morrall.
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Photos: HMB History Association, Donate or Volunteer!
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