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# Bubba Gump ready to cook
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bubba-gump-ready-to-cook/
- Published: 2005-09-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:47:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Pier, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. located on the Santa Monica Pier is near completion. Finishing details are in full swing for an early November opening date.

Howard Laks, AIA Architects, who also designed “The Lobster” restaurant in 1999 said he is confident that the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company will continue to activate a new wave of pedestrian activity on the Santa Monica Pier. Art Institute offers classes for displaced hurricane students

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 15, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)