August 6, 2025
Tag: The Stonehouse
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
August 27, 2023
Validation Ale Is Opening a Second Location
More food news: The Nook is branching out into pizza; the Veranda at San Ysidro Ranch; Outstanding in the Field dinner with Mattei's chef Rhoda Magbitang; Cajé is working on a café in Ventura; Gipsy Hill Bakery is baking on a regular basis again; Soul Bites profile; Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley is coming up. 25
December 1, 2022
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June 12, 2020
A Bunch of Restaurant Updates
Including further details about two waterfront restaurants and opening dates for Sprouts supermarket, Coast & Olive at the Montecito Inn, and Noemi pizzeria. More food news: San Ysidro Ranch's Stonehouse reopens soon, but not Plow & Angel; Bell's is adding a service charge; artwork at Lucky Llama; new Rosewood Miramar Beach event space. 2
March 16, 2020
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?
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