••• Sunstone Winery is taking over the former Folded Hills tasting room at 1294 Coast Village Road.
••• And Côtière now has a tasting room in Los Alamos, in the new building on the right as you drive into town.
••• Starting February 16, Little Mountain will be open for dinner on Mondays. And I was glad to see that you can now choose whether to sit outside on the uncovered terrace when booking online.
••• An update on Arnie’s Bar, coming to the roof of Linden Square this spring. —Noozhawk
••• Noozhawk compared coffee prices at Santa Barbara cafés.
••• Dom’s Taverna chef Dom Crisp is leading a seven-day trip to Barcelona and Basque country next month.
••• El Pollo Loco is opening in Goleta “in the Hollister Village Plaza in the current home of Sleep Number, next to Choppa Poke and Kyle’s Kitchen.” —Restaurant Guy
••• Another profile of Manifattura. —Noozhawk
••• More on The Copper Restaurant, as the establishment in the former L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele is now called. —Noozhawk
••• Closing a loop: during a visit to Santa Ynez, I noticed the frozen beef bolognese lasagna at Stica and vowed to return one day with a cooler. I did just that, and while I was surprised by the $85 price, it fed six easily (with leftovers), and we all quite enjoyed it. I’d happily pick up one up again.
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