Photos By Sandra Small Photographer.

All eyes of the world are on Rio as the Summer Olympics continue to entertain and the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce wanted to entertain with their own Olympics as well. All of our businesses (our athletes and trainers) were at the La Mesa Community Center preparing for the evening’s festivities on Thursday, August 11th at the 3rd Annual “Summer Bash” Business Expo. All of the “La Mesa Olympic Team Members” were ready for action and waited for the doors to open to greet and mix with the crowd – our “spectators.”

Talk about GOLD MEDAL food and service! There were NO Bronze or Silver medals given out that evening! ALL of our restaurants, food providers and beverage sponsors brought out their “A” game and we are happy to share our GOLD Medal winners for the evening: Cali Comfort BBQ, Courtyard by Marriott-Mission Valley, Cucina Basilico, Dream Dinners, El Torito – La Mesa, Farm Fresh to You, Luna Grill, Marie Callender’s – La Mesa, Nonno’s Ristorante Italiano, O’s American Kitchen, Pick Up Stix, Smart & Final Extra! – Warehouse & More, Riviera Supper Club, Samuel Adams, The Hills Local Pub, The Regal Bar, and Valley Farm Market.

The networking was fast and furious and we set our own “world record” that evening! All of our winning athletes/our participating businesses were hot and heavy on the microphone, as they announced the winners of their FREE door prizes –over 44 were given away! A LOUD “round of applause” to the following businesses who joined us and took part in our evening:

We would like to thank Chris Brogan, local musical entertainer with THE IDEAS Rock & Roll Trio, for his services for the evening as the Master of Ceremonies. He kept the evening activities moving at a fast pace, so that all prizes and announcements were done in a timely fashion. We thank Sandra Small Photographer, our local “Olympian” who took photos all evening. In addition to her capturing our event we send a HUGE “thank you” to COMMUNITY SPECTRUM who brought a team all the way from El Centro to film the event LIVE for their viewers and create a video clip for us to share with you! You may see that video clip at Community Spectrum’s website: http://communityspectrum.org/?video=3sSKlfHqkYQ