••• Rori’s Artisanal Creamery is opening in Goleta at 270 Storke Road (next to Rusty’s Pizza and opposite SloCoDo donuts). It’ll be the company’s fourth location in Santa Barbara County and eighth overall.
••• Anyone know what’s up with Intermezzo? “It’s been closed for several months and there’s no sign in the window or update on the website,” says T. “We’ve stopped by a few times since December and it’s been closed each time.” You may recall that it pressed pause back in the fall, promising to reopen in October with a streamlined menu. I don’t know whether that happened or not; the menu online is still pretty extensive. Reservations are being offered on OpenTable, but when I called during business hours, no one answered.
••• White Caps is back in the Funk Zone, serving its full menu outside Pali Wine Co. on Saturdays and Sundays.
••• An Independent profile of Good Lion Hospitality includes the news that Sama Sama is no longer involved in Lion’s Tale on Coast Village Road. Instead, “Good Lion Hospitality has hired Adam Abrams to be their executive chef for the entire company,” and more food—including weekend brunch—is coming to the bar.
••• Jalapeño SB is opening in the former Santa Barbara Food Connection space at Milpas and Canon Perdido.
••• According to Radius Commercial Real Estate’s year-end report, an ice cream shop called “Santa Ynez Valley Creamery is close to opening in the front row anchor position” at Founders Market (Mission Street and Alisal Road) in Solvang. “Three additional leases at the property are in advanced negotiations and expected to be signed by the end of January. Meanwhile there’s a waitlist for future small shop and restaurant spaces planned along Mission Street in the coming year.”
••• Note to self: try the chicken schnitzel sandwich at Tamar next time it’s offered as a special.
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