Tag: Bettina

October 26, 2025

The Eight Best Things I’ve Eaten Lately

You know how some dishes really stick with you? These are the ones that I keep thinking about…. 7

October 15, 2025

A Lifeline for Del Pueblo Café

More food news: Goodland BBQ is closing; Indochine won't return; Sunday brunch at Aegean; Dang Burger's fish sandwich is now offered weekly; Bettina anniversary specials; the Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival is this Saturday; more on the Trixy pop-ups at Revolver; The Sando Truck's Japanese milk bread available by the loaf; "spooky eyes" from Twenty-Four Blackbirds. 2

August 6, 2025

Updates on Five Forthcoming Restaurants

When Dom's Taverna, Aegean, Little King Coffee, Little Mountain, and Manifattura are hoping to open. More food news: Revolver's special sandwich; Rozzi Pizza is now serving lunch five days a week; new meal-delivery service; Lovin' Spoonful frozen-yogurt shop remains closed; Cookie Plug found a new home; more on Jeannine's plans for upper State Street; profiles of Rock 12 Distillery and Riviera Mushrooms; recommendations for a quiet birthday lunch. 19

May 21, 2025

The Restaurant Parking Wars Are Heating Up

More food news: The Carpinteria outpost of Dart Coffee Co. will have food made in house (and its Funk Zone café will relocate in coming years); The Palms will have a gourmet market component; Sunshine Café's former building changed hands; a win-win deal from Rori's Artisanal Creamery. 48

May 7, 2025

Opening Date for Tina’s Pizza, the Bettina Spinoff in Carpinteria

More food news: Rozzi Pizza soft-opens this week in West Beach; Blaze Pizza has closed; profile of Marley Confections; the Starbucks on Milpas has opened; the forecast changed for Little Mountain; update on Hotel El Roblar and new restaurants coming to Ojai. 15

December 11, 2024

Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 4

The ridiculous, the sublime, and everything in between: gift-worthy suggestions from 18 more shops around town. 2

October 30, 2024

The Seven Best Things I’ve Eaten Lately

You know how some dishes really stick with you? These are the ones that I keep thinking about…. 10

October 27, 2024

Caruso’s Has Walked Back Its Jacket Requirement

More food news: Clam pies and other East Coast–inspired specials at Bettina; weekly burger night at Tyler x Lieu Dit; The Black Sheep is raising funds for a full bar; the expanded menu at Lion's Tale; "next chapter" for Rusack Vineyards; the standout dish at Lama Sama; Pascale Beale's new cookbook. 26

February 21, 2024

The Eight Best Things I’ve Eaten Lately

You know how some dishes really stick with you? These are the ones that I keep thinking about.... 10

December 10, 2023

Two New Restaurant Spaces Proposed in the Funk Zone

More food news: Uptown Lounge is reopening; another reprieve for Stella Mare’s; Finney’s Crafthouse is coming to Goleta; Santa Paula restaurant opening on State Street; rumored tenant next to the Public Market; Sunstone Winery pop-up; reader question about Jewish food for Hanukkah. 16