Chefs Jake Reimer and Jeremy Tummel have cooked up a multi-brand establishment opening June 11 at 113 W. De La Guerra Street, most recently home to The Green Table.
The main entity is The Chanticlair, named in homage to a Santa Barbara restaurant founded in 1948 on De La Guerra and catering to the film industry before relocating to Hollywood. According to the press release, “The Chanticlair will serve as a 28-seat culinary studio for talented guest chefs, winemakers, and artisans to play without restrain and collaborate on peak seasonal tasting menus and pairings on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Wednesdays will host events such as speakeasy supper club, wine dinners, and guest-chef pop-ups.” (Sundays may bring a “mad tea party Sunday brunch” at a later date.) “The menus will change daily, with some ingredients only found between our four walls, thanks to our incredible partnerships with our farmers.” There are three options: the Chefs Tables Experience [menu below], pescatarian, and plant-based, “all served up on hand-picked vintage wares in an eclectic Victorian-style dining room.” While walk-ins are allowed, reservations are recommended (and will be available beginning May 27).
Also on the premises: Alley Cat Oyster & Po Boy, “a hidden 60’s-style New Orleans–meets–Santa Barbara oyster bar that will feature fresh local oysters, uni parfaits, crudos, fresh shellfish, and the chefs’ take on New Orleans classics from time spent working there like housemade gumbo, sourdough po boys, gluten-free crab cakes, Pacific shrimp and hand-ground grits, to name a few.” The menu is below; as with The Chanticlair, reservations are recommended.
Lastly, The Chanticlair will offer private dining at Casa De La Paz, “a throwback to the late 19th century where the Wild West meets the garden.”
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$11 pickles is wild
Knowing these chefs that’s not just a couple dill pickles on the plate. For free pickles a sandwich at three pickles sounds like what would suit someone who is trying to save money. I would imagine this would be a farmers market organic homemade thing.
My memory of the Chanticleer from long ago was that it was in Montecito where Lucky’s is located now.
Yep! That and the Olive Mill Bistro were 2 of my parents favorite date night spots!
Yes but there was also a downtown Chanticlair in the 100 East Block of De La Guerra in the 1940’s, where the Lady Meridian studios, with the fading lavender facades, are located.
There was a Chanticleer spelled differently before Lucius in Montecito this The Chanticlair is the original from the 40’s!
Way to go Chef Jeremy!
JFC.
Have not heard that name in a long time. Lots of old SB internet creatures finding this site.
Wow! The descriptions made my head spin but then reading the menus there is a lot of commonality in ingredients so might be a brilliant marriage of concepts.
Why a 22% Auto charge? That is pretty steep. I’m still grappeling with the fact that the common 15% tip has been replaced with a minimum 18% tip on charging apps.
Not a tip then. Doesn’t service charge. Auto charge could be used for anything.
22% auto charge is absurd.
Required 22% is ridiculous. Classic money grab.
Why not just raise prices??
Tips are not taxed generally. The money passes through to the servers and staff. Restaurants are hard businesses, this is efficient and a good way to take care of people.
Is a service charge a tip though? Most of them go to the restaurant to “provide” for the employees. I suspect they are fully taxable.