April 5, 2026
Tag: Rori’s Artisanal Creamery
Brass Bird Has Opened in San Roque
More food news: French bakery coming to upper State Street; Carpinteria gourmet market to debut this week; new restaurant announced for Amazon's State Street building; Tamar catering; Rori's opened in Goleta; Santa Ynez Valley chef nominated for prestigious award; Ojai Mountain Farm set an opening date for its bar/deli/market. 2
February 8, 2026
Bluewater Grill Is Said to Be Closing Next Month
More food news: New café opening on State Street; easy way to get a free scoop at Rori's Artisanal Creamery; debut Italian Music and Food Festival in April; reservations for El Encanto's Cotogna collab; Lucky Penny pop-up in Los Olivos; Old Town Coffee's Isla Vista outpost has been rebranded; health warning against all mushroom foraging. 1
February 1, 2026
Rori’s Artisanal Creamery Is Opening in Goleta
More food news: What's going on with Intermezzo?; White Caps has returned to the Funk Zone; Sama Sama is no longer involved in Lion's Tale; new restaurant on Milpas Street; ice cream shop opening in Solvang; Tamar's chicken schnitzel sandwich special. 7
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
March 9, 2025
Tri-County Produce Will Close at the End of April
More food news: Yetz's Bagels has opened a deli next door; Rori's Artisanal Creamery is looking to expand to Goleta; Takashi Ramen profile; tickets for the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience go on sale soon; Ventura's Gasworks complex will include a coffee bar called Room Service; "cocktail-bar-sushi-a-go-go" at Rodeo Room. 14
April 21, 2024
The New Tenant of the Oliver’s Building
More food news: The menu and interior at Nick the Greek; the rumor about SY Kitchen taking the Via Vai space; Cagami Ramen said to be opening in Goleta; the name of the Public Market's bars; possible pivot for the former McKenzie Market; update on Rory's Place in Ojai; praise for Rori's flavor of the month; Ethnic Breads's retail bakery in Goleta has opened; more on the plan to turn a historic gas station into a café. 12
April 26, 2023
Third Window Brewing Co. Is Expanding
More food news: An update on Tamar; city lands on a lower-than-expected fee for State Street parklets; Creamistry ice cream shop has closed; more on Three Monkeys and Goodland Waffles & Melts; Rori's Artisanal Creamery is working on three new locations; St. Bibiana is offering pizza by the slice; Pizza Online in Goleta has closed; Deux Bakery now sells sandwiches. 3
December 11, 2022
December 7, 2022
New Restaurant Confirmed in Montecito’s Upper Village
More food news: Caruso's was awarded a Michelin star; the Dutch Garden's lunch menu; Rori's Artisanal Creamery is celebrating its 10th anniversary with free scoops of a special flavor; Cold Stone Creamery has closed; Peasants Deli is opening an arcade annex; the Ballard Inn has halted dinner service; Organic Soup Kitchen's Holiday SouperMarket and Soup Tasting Party. 2
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