2 Restaurants Slated for Huntington Beach

And on the subject of eating . . .

Two new restaurants are scheduled to be operating by fall at the oceanfront location in Huntington Beach that was occupied by Maxwell’s, which closed nearly two years ago.

Duke’s Huntington Beach is scheduled to open in late September on the top floor of a new two-story building on the south side of the pier. A month or so later, Chimayo at the Beach could be in business downstairs.

Playing up the beach theme, Duke’s walls will be covered with historic pictures of the Huntington Beach Pier and photographs of memorable surf moments.

Chimayo, which hopes to open by November, is calling itself a “tropical Mexican grill.” The menu will be similar to the fare at Chimayo in Fashion Island but the theme will be tropical, rather than Southwest, said Sally Vervynck, a spokeswoman for Newport Beach-based Pacific Restaurant Adventures Inc., which owns both Chimayos, Savannah Chop House in Laguna Niguel and Sorrento Grill and French 75 in Laguna Beach.

Duke’s is owned by TS Restaurants, which has five other restaurants in California and Hawaii.