March 9, 2025
Food Stuff
Tri-County Produce Will Close at the End of April
More food news: Yetz's Bagels has opened a deli next door; Rori's Artisanal Creamery is looking to expand to Goleta; Takashi Ramen profile; tickets for the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience go on sale soon; Ventura's Gasworks complex will include a coffee bar called Room Service; "cocktail-bar-sushi-a-go-go" at Rodeo Room. 14
March 2, 2025
First Impressions of Mother Dough Bagels
More food news: Savoy Cafe is under new ownership; Alma Fonda Fina has started serving breakfast; Pascucci found a new home; Goodland BBQ is for sale; the Santa Barbara Secret Supper Club; profiles of Zaca Coffee and Loubud Wines; Elubia’s Kitchen has opened in Isla Vista; Ventura-based sandwich pop-up; a better look at Takashi Ramen's menu. 5
February 19, 2025
Mission City Sandwich Shop Feels Like a Winner
More food news: La Lieff Winery is looking for a new food partner now that We Want the Funk has closed; Rolld Ice Cream opens this weekend; Takashi Ramen soft-opening date; Zen Yai Thai has closed; Rusty's Pizza is returning to Isla Vista; Ventura is getting an outpost of Corazón Cocina. 5
February 11, 2025
Municipal Winemakers Is Opening in Ventura
More food news: Takashi Ramen says it'll debut soon; Mylestone Barbecue profile; Pressed Juicery is back at the Montecito Country Mart; Capuno’s Lutong Bahay, a Filipino restaurant in Santa Maria; the Women Winemakers & Culinarians Celebration is in March; in search of Dubai chocolate. 11
February 5, 2025
The Ritz-Carlton Bacara’s Flagship Restaurant Has Closed
More food news: The Shoreline Cafe appears to be for sale; first look at the menu of Mission City Sandwich Shop; The Ellwood's soft-opening; Bar Lou is open for brunch starting this weekend; Bossie's Kitchen is serving weekend lunch again; Rolld Ice Cream is coming to Paseo Nuevo; a novel way to support Bibi Ji. 17
January 29, 2025
Another Vegan Restaurant Is Closing
More food news: Pascucci will close in mid-March; new Santa Barbara development will have four or five restaurants; expanded hours at Oat Bakery's Goleta outpost; the name of the restaurant at Hotel El Roblar in Ojai; Considered Coffee is now stationed at The Factory; Santa Ynez Valley "wine BID" won't include Lompoc; donation line on a credit card slip. 25
January 22, 2025
Chef Thomas Keller’s Reinvention of Tyde’s Will Include a New Name
More food news: A series of soft-openings at Cutler’s Distillery & Public House; Masala Spice has opened on the Mesa; Judge for Yourself Café has closed; Breakwater Restaurant is closed for renovations; croissant loyalty card at Alessia Patisserie & Café; Old Town Coffee opened in Isla Vista; Elubia’s Kitchen is going to open in Isla Vista; Hunt & Gather returns this Saturday; Sade Turkish Coffee in Carpinteria has closed; Trattoria del Sole is sounding very iffy about State Street. 1
January 8, 2025
January 2, 2025
The Ellwood Is Finally Set to Open at Goleta Beach Park
Get a first look at the dinner menu. More food news: Breakwater Restaurant will undergo a revamp; changes at Village Cheese & Wine, now Montecito Gourmet; tentative opening date for Carpinteria's Linden Square; Jeannine's on upper State Street is temporarily closed; profiles of Santa Playa Mariscos and La Cantina; suggestions for a kids' birthday dinner? 45
December 26, 2024
Burning Questions
- Will You Explain the Plan to Adapt the Waterfront for Climate Change?
- Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
- How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
- Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
- Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
Recent Comments
You're under the erroneous assumption Macy's could actually be housing. It can't, the potential developer and current leaseholder need the city to give them the… — Jefferson A.
Didn't Yardi propose to covert a third of their campus into employee housing back in '23? Did that happen? I remember they were being told… — JJ
All correct and worth the effort even with the foreknowledge that the people who need to read it most either will not read it or… — Rich
You're not wrong. I really wanted to get to 10—once a magazine editor, always a magazine editor—and back when I first put this together, there… — Erik Torkells
Would like to mention Sage Trail Alliance as another organization to support for trail maintenance. While they are our local mountain bike organization, the trail… — Kai
No. 9 is such an odd take. Not sure what normalizing photographing people naked has to do with hiking… — Evan
Not sure how you approach changing the mind-set of people who can’t keep their small bits of trash/personal use items in their possession - almost… — Christine!
Here’s a question: those tile “N” are found throughout town. One is on the end of the La Cumbre Rd overpass on the Hope Ranch… — Jonathan
Very much needed, like the format and the various subject matter that is not covered in other publications. Living in Ventura County I am always… — Lynn Jerry l
currently at 918 Chapala Street, is moving to 320 State Street (just below Gutierrez). — Tracy M