OFF THE HOOK Santa Monica Seafood Festival is returning to the iconic Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, October 19th to celebrate the sea! This beloved ocean-inspired tasting event showcases the city's top chefs and restaurants and their favorite underwater ingredients. The festival will also celebrate the city’s 150 Anniversary and be the official closing event for LA Tech Week. Attendees will enjoy seafood tastings, beer gardens, wine tastings, live music, oyster-shucking competitions, games, and more fun in the sun with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop.  OFF THE HOOK is 100% free of Single-Use Plastics and benefits Heal the Bay in an effort to help people, ecosystems, and coastal waters impacted by the fires and preserve our local ocean and beaches for future generations. Enjoy tastings from some of the Westside favorites such as Blue Plate Oysterette, The Lobster, Santa Monica Seafood, Marelle, Michael’s, Crudo e Nudo, Sushi Roku, FIG, BOA, The Albright, Xuntos, SoCalo, Gladstones, Santa Monica Whaler, and many more.