••• Brass Bird Coffee & Kitchen has opened in the former McKenzie Market at 3102 State Street in San Roque. There’s a lot of outdoor seating, and the parking lot is one-way, with an entrance on Calle Palo Colorado and an exit (right turn only) onto State Street.
••• Farther up State Street, La Gourmandise is moving into the building (3524 State) where Madame Lu used to be. The bakery will be wholesale-only while improvements get made.
••• “Silvergreens, the fast-casual concept founded in Isla Vista in 1995 by restaurateur Jay Ferro, is preparing to open a new location at 1001 State Street [at Carrillo], inside the Amazon building. Following a soft opening for Amazon employees in mid-April, the location is expected to open to the public by the end of the month. The space combines a café, coffee shop and grab-and-go market.” —Santa Barbara News-Press
••• Tamar has officially launched offsite catering.
••• The new Rori’s outpost in Goleta (270 Storke Road, next to Rusty’s Pizza) has opened.
••• Congratulations to Bell’s chef Daisy Ryan for being nominated as one of California’s five best chefs by the James Beard Awards.
••• Ojai Mountain Farm announced that its bar/deli/market on Ojai’s main drag will open April 9.
••• Coyote’s Market in Carpinteria (4945 Carpinteria Avenue, just west of Linden) opens April 11. The meat and fish cases should be ready, as will pantry items, and most exciting to me, there will be sandwiches. The other prepared foods will be at 75 percent or so, filling out over time. Below: the delicious bacon-and-spring-onion quiche sold as a preview.
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