First Look at Linden Hall’s Rather Exciting Menu

••• Linden Hall, Revolver’s non-pizzeria sister restaurant in Carpinteria, has posted a menu online. The food looks far more sophisticated than anything in this area. (Above: the coffee parfait.) The website also has an OpenTable link, but reservations are not available yet. I’ll try asking for an update. UPDATE: The headline should actually be “First Look at Linden Hall’s Rather Exciting First Menu,” because owner Nick Bodden says that chef Will Moon—whose menu was below—has left the project, and Bodden will be taking over. Consequently, the menu will be more Bodden’s style. Stay tuned for details on what that means…. UPDATE: “Linden Hall is a homage to my New York roots,” says Bodden. “Bodegas, Jewish delis, Italian cafes, French bistros. A melting pot of sorts, all filtered through the skills and techniques I’ve picked up throughout the years working. You can expect to find everything from a Scott Sampler–inspired mortadella sandwich, beef tartar, Caesar à la Revolver and house-baked goods like focaccia, challah, and jelly donuts. Plenty of wine and of course vinyl records. I want it to be familiar yet nuanced and keep it strange and interesting like avant-garde jazz.” In other words, it’ll be much more like Revolver, but without pizza. Still very exciting!

••• The In-N-Out long in the works for Buellton—”at 515 McMurray Road, the former home of the Parks Plaza Theatre,” which would be torn down—took a step forward. The Buellton Planning Commission approved the project, but with many conditions yet to be figured out. “One item in the Planning Commission’s approval grants In-N-Out 180 days, not the typical 60 days after the action, to accept the conditions. If they can’t come up with a plan during talks with the city and Caltrans, In-N-Out could return to the Planning Commission.” —Noozhawk

••• Miracle, the Christmas kitschfest, returns to Pearl Social starting November 11. Reservations open October 29.

••• I hear that Merci will be moving toward table service—i.e., not just running food out but taking orders at the tables—with new outdoor furniture. Here’s hoping the takeout containers are being upgraded, too. I love the food at Merci, but I’m finding it hard to forgive all that plastic—which isn’t even recyclable. All the more reason to dine in, I guess.

••• The Channels, SBCC’s news outlet, profiled the Roger’s Tacos cart.

••• Noozhawk profiled Roan Mills Grains, which sells baked goods at the weekend farmers’ markets.

••• Santa Barbara Pizza House has opened in the former Patxi’s Pizza space on State Street (Cota/Haley). The registered agent for the LLC is Erin Khodabandehlou; the Instagram account promises “deep [dish] and Neapolitan pizza.” (The photo below is of deep dish pizza, courtesy the restaurant.) —Restaurant Guy

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