The family-friendly annual Ocean Beach Pier Pancake Breakfast, set to benefit the annual Ocean Beach Town Council’s Holiday Food and Toy Drive at the end of the year, will be held Saturday, Sept. 20 from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
“This is the only event of its kind for the entire year and goes a long way toward supporting our local community,” said Gretchen Newsom, president of the Ocean Beach Town Council, which sponsors and operates the annual fundraising feast, supported by community volunteers like the Ocean Beach Kiwanis Club. 
“It’s a longstanding tradition,” said Newsom. “There’s no other event you can go to and have this kind of experience on the pier.”
The Town Council’s annual OB Toy and Food Drive helps more than 80 local families and seniors in need each holiday season.
Breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. and goes until sold out or noon. It includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausages and other fixings. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets can be purchased the day of the event at the pier or beforehand at Dog Beach Dog Wash, Raglan Public House and South Coast Surf Shop.
“The event raises between $6,000 and $8,000 and, hopefully, will be sold out with 1,000 people attending,” Newsom said adding the affair couldn’t be carried out without the selfless contributions of volunteers like Kiwanians flipping flapjacks and searing sausages.
Newsome said guests line up outside Ocean Pier Café to get their food, then are seated at 38 tables set up on the pier.
“We try to turn the tables over as fast as we can, which helps the people waiting in line to get into the café,” said Newsom.
There will be live music at the event, with a performer yet to be named.
“We also have a raffle table outside where people can buy tickets for prizes donated from local businesses,” added Newsom.
The OBTC is seeking table sponsors for the event, pointing out it’s an excellent opportunity to showcase support for Ocean Beach and market businesses or organizations to 1,000 or more local guests. Table sponsors will receive 10 adult tickets to the pancake breakfast, two  individualized table tents on their table and logo placement on a large board thanking them. They’re also allowed to display eight placements on each sponsored table advertising their business.
The cost to sponsor per table is $100. To become a table sponsor and purchase 10 tickets to the OB Pier Pancake Breakfast, email [email protected]. You can also contact her to donate a prize to the pancake breakfast raffle. Table sponsorships are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and there are 38 available.
“We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone there,” Newsom said.
The Ocean Beach Municipal Pier between Newport and Santa Monica avenues was dedicated on July 2, 1966. It extends nearly half a mile out into 20-foot-deep water.
The OBTC’s mission is to express the will and represent the welfare of the community by providing a forum for discussion of community issues, acting as liaison between the community and local government while promoting the betterment and beautification of the community, fostering cooperation among community organizations and residents for their mutual benefit. OBTC meets the fourth Wednesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at Masonic Center, 1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.