December 28, 2025
Tag: Secret Bao
Casa Agria’s State Street Taproom Is Closing
More food news: Bluewater Grill is looking for a buyer; Aegean and Secret Bao are taking a break; chicken-finger chain opening in Goleta; Oat Bakery's cinnamon-raisin special; compilers of happy-hour deals; Chase Restaurant reopening date; where's the best coffee cake in town? 12
August 20, 2025
First Look Inside Gracie, the New Restaurant at the Harbor
More food news: A new hotel bar downtown; could Sweetgreen be coming to Goleta?; triangular burgers at Revolver; food changes at M. Special's State Street taproom; Corazón Comedor closed for upgrades; Ghirardelli got slapped with a stop-work order; Rudy's in Carpinteria recovering from a kitchen fire; dumpling pop-up and Secret Bao's dim sum brunch. 9
January 3, 2024
Mexican Seafood Restaurant to Open Next to the Granada Theatre
More food news: Another Indian restaurant is coming to State Street; Uptown Lounge has reopened; chicken-and-waffles chain Bruxie debuts today; Secret Bao is taking a break; SB Sunshine Cafe's Goleta location is open; Sade Turkish Coffee & Delights in Carpinteria; Rory's Place in Ojai is recovering from a fire. 11
November 21, 2022
Another High-End Mexican Restaurant Is Opening Downtown
More food news: First impressions of the new Tyger Tyger; Buellton In-N-Out makes progress; Motley Crew Ranch has opened a shop; Secret Bao vacation break; jars of "the sauce" at this week's Na Na Thai pop-up; profile of Good Land Wine Shop. 16
July 15, 2022
October 31, 2021
The Miramar Resort Is Adding More Shops and Another Restaurant
More food news: Secret Bao is on a break; the new restaurant at the Ice in Paradise rink; the Goleta outpost of Tap Thai has opened; Better Burrito update; Pacific Health Foods in Carpinteria has remodeled; Bettina's clam pie; what to do with used corks. 4
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