April 26, 2022
Tag: Costa Kitchen & Bar
Low Pigeon’s Last Day Is Friday
More food news: XO's world-class breakfast sandwich; opening forecast for Augie's restaurant and tequila bar; Santa Ynez Valley chefs and winemakers band together for a Ukraine benefit dinner; new chef at the Mar Monte Hotel's restaurants; Santa Barbara food startup raises $5.6 million; Hot Rich Lady in a jar. 1
January 15, 2022
Frequency Wine Company Has Upgraded to a Great New Space
More food news: Has Embermill closed?; Lilac Patisserie is expanding in a big way; soul food is coming to Lower State; Your Choice's off-menu pop-up is today; Costa Kitchen & Bar has closed for a month; the city is making two dozen State Street restaurants shrink their parklets to allow emergency vehicles to pass; the rebranded Jimboz Lounge reopened; Taqueria Santa Barbara is now serving breakfast. 3
October 25, 2021
The New Carp Kitchen & Grocery Has Sandwiches, Salads and More
More food news: First look at the menus for Timbers Roadhouse and Whiskey Joe's, now open in outer Goleta; more on SeaLegs, taking over the old Goleta Beach restaurant space; a profile of Riviera Bar; something "like a Finney's" is coming to the former Outback Steakhouse building; El Pollo Loco is now Pueblo Pollo; Crazy Jim’s taqueria has closed; Costa is a nice place for a drink. 3
October 11, 2021
October 6, 2021
Updates on a Slew of New Restaurants
Including Reunion Kitchen + Drink at Cabrillo Pavilion, Low Pigeon's second outpost, Old Town Coffee's foray into downtown, and the Peasants Feast spinoff in Solvang. Plus: Little Alex's is closing next month (and an established chef is rumored to be taking the space); Mony's has a new food truck; has anyone tried Costa at the Mar Monte Hotel? 6
July 18, 2021
June 2, 2021
Jeannine’s Is Taking Over One of Santa Barbara’s Most Prominent Spaces
More food news: Alessia Patisserie & Cafe plans to open this month; Bar Le Côte preview pop-up in Santa Monica; East Beach hotel restaurant formally debuts next week; Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers will be joining the Saturday farmers' market; another cool-looking restaurant and bar in the works for Ventura. 1
October 19, 2020
August 28, 2020
Burning Questions
- 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?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
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