May 25, 2025
Tag: Isla Vista Food Co-op
Barbareño Is Opening a Second Restaurant Downtown
More food news: Opening date for The Win-Dow burger stand; Goleta restaurant taking the Derf's Cafe space; opening forecast for Dom's Taverna; new tenant at the Judge for Yourself Cafe; Red Hen Cannery profile; Isla Vista Food Co-op has averted closure for now. 8
May 8, 2025
The Santa Ynez Chumash Museum Opens Next Week
Other recent news: Downtown homeless center has become a nuisance; Santa Barbara school district rescinded all those pink slips; the Isla Vista Food Co-Op is on the ropes; Broadway in Santa Barbara's 2025-26 lineup; will Los Patos Way end with a whimper? 3
September 25, 2024
A Better Look at the Development Next to the Santa Barbara Cemetery
Plus: New renderings of the apartment building proposed for the former Cantwell's location; self-guided architecture tour; screening of "Memoria," starring Tilda Swinton; confusing signs on the Edison Catway; neat downtown office building for sale. 15
January 10, 2024
Silvers Omakase Has Set an Opening Date
More food news: The Isla Vista Food Co-op has taken over Cantwell's; Pea Soup Andersen's in Buellton has closed after 100 years; two more restaurant spaces coming to State Street; chicken-and-waffles chain Bruxie has opened; Goleta outpost of Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to close; Gandolfo Family Market & Deli opening in Los Olivos; corrections about Lilac Montecito and Yona Redz's seafood spinoff; a request for restaurants taking a break. 3
Burning Questions
- 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?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
Recent Comments
I love Little Mountain and have been three times. The rice is $12 not $17 and it's swimming in butter not oil and everyone whose… — Leslie Westbrook
Le Petit Valentien -- maybe not classic French, but pretty close and great prices and great chef Robert. (and Ethiopian on the weekends!) — Leslie Westbrook
The property has building violations on, and the property was held by a bank that wanted out after foreclosing on the previous owner. — Paul
If Merci chocolate caramels are anything close to their salted chocolate chip cookies...we all will be in heaven ♥️...can't wait to try!!! — Maryanne Brillhart
I tried Little Mountain. Beautiful space and decor. But the menu, portions, and prices are ridiculous even for Montecito. $8 for cold bread (3 small… — Foodie
What I want to know is, why is it that Santa Barbara abounds in Italian places, yet no place really exists for classic French cuisine,… — Drew Hart
Montecito restaurateurs need to learn that not all diners are billionaires and, and that inflated pricing does not work. The successful spots all have a… — Rob
Like the old Paradise Cafe! — Jimmy
Completely Agree. A lawyer opening up a flashy restaurant and expecting the city to compensate him for not knowing what he is doing ? This… — Zeeann
We need better and different options in Montecito!! why only steak frites on every menu !?!?!? And personally I do not understand why ca dario,… — April