November 21, 2021
Food Stuff
November 17, 2021
November 15, 2021
A New Vegan Market Is Opening in Montecito
More food news: Handlebar broke through to the space next door; Italian dessert shop Zio & Sweet has opened; Corazón Cocina is opening a spinoff in the Public Market; Good Cup café on State Street has closed; meal-delivery company Simple Feast is now serving the area; panettone season at Aperitivo; Ruff House Barbecue to be at new Ventura concert venue; what's up with the former 805 Hazy & Deli? 5
November 10, 2021
First Look at the Menu for Reunion Kitchen, Now Open on East Beach
More food news: Labor-of-love Italian dessert restaurant coming to Paseo Nuevo; no signs of life online at the Kitchen incubator/restaurant; Goleta's Gladden and Sons grocery store has closed; Capisce Market and Clevr pop-up this Saturday; Good Lion is working on another Ventura establishment; in praise of Gipsy Hill Bakery's pears in pastry. 1
November 8, 2021
Mollie’s Restaurant Has Closed
More food news: Who's opening a brewery in the Funk Zone; a new name for the Corazón Cocina spinoff; another option for recycling wine corks; the De La Vina Starbucks appears to be happening; Carp Kitchen & Grocery is now offering dinner; Santa Barbara chosen as test city for surplus-food app; live performances at the Blue Owl; Hochaya Tea House opened in Goleta; what's up and running at Solvang's PARc Place redevelopment. 5
November 3, 2021
Low Pigeon’s Second Café Opens Today
More food news: A local barbecue company is opening a restaurant downtown; Bar Le Côte is closed while it recovers from a fire; the Cabrillo Pavilion restaurant appears to be debuting soon; High Seas Mead has plans for a taproom, cider, wine, and more; a profile of Centennial Beer Hall; Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant in Goleta is shooting to reopen in January; the price that the Hotel Californian recently fetched; brewery confirmed for the Funk Zone; confirmation of IHOP's new Goleta location. 4
October 31, 2021
The Miramar Resort Is Adding More Shops and Another Restaurant
More food news: Secret Bao is on a break; the new restaurant at the Ice in Paradise rink; the Goleta outpost of Tap Thai has opened; Better Burrito update; Pacific Health Foods in Carpinteria has remodeled; Bettina's clam pie; what to do with used corks. 4
October 25, 2021
The New Carp Kitchen & Grocery Has Sandwiches, Salads and More
More food news: First look at the menus for Timbers Roadhouse and Whiskey Joe's, now open in outer Goleta; more on SeaLegs, taking over the old Goleta Beach restaurant space; a profile of Riviera Bar; something "like a Finney's" is coming to the former Outback Steakhouse building; El Pollo Loco is now Pueblo Pollo; Crazy Jim’s taqueria has closed; Costa is a nice place for a drink. 3
October 18, 2021
The New Operator of the Goleta Beach Restaurant
More food news: More on the Montecito Country Mart's decision not to renew Little Alex's lease; indoor dining returns to Bettina; Pali Wine Garden opens in the Funk Zone this Friday; Kelpful and Santa Barbara Meat Company at the Saturday farmers' market. 9
October 11, 2021
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