Tag: Twenty-Four Blackbirds

June 21, 2026

48 Ways to Entertain Out-of-Town Guests

Houseguest season is upon us, but how to keep them occupied? Here are a whole lot of quintessentially Santa Barbara suggestions. Of course, you need not be hosting visitors to justify an adventure.... 8

December 11, 2025

The 2025 Shop-Local Gift Guide, Part 5

Wrapping up this series with a grab bag of 14 gift-worthy suggestions from all around town. 6

October 15, 2025

A Lifeline for Del Pueblo Café

More food news: Goodland BBQ is closing; Indochine won't return; Sunday brunch at Aegean; Dang Burger's fish sandwich is now offered weekly; Bettina anniversary specials; the Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival is this Saturday; more on the Trixy pop-ups at Revolver; The Sando Truck's Japanese milk bread available by the loaf; "spooky eyes" from Twenty-Four Blackbirds. 2

June 17, 2025

40 Ways to Entertain Out-of-Town Guests

Houseguest season is upon us, but how to keep them occupied? Here are a whole lot of quintessentially Santa Barbara suggestions. Of course, you need not be hosting visitors to justify an adventure.... 6

June 30, 2023

Pop-Up Dinner Series at Brekkies by Pico’s Original Chef

More food news: Stella Mare's building would be difficult to tear down; porchetta sandwiches and cherry hand pies for July 4; the tom yum fries at Na Na Thai; High Seas Mead's taproom gets the go-ahead; Margerum's new tasting room in Los Olivos; Twenty-Four Blackbirds is growing its own cacao trees.

May 3, 2023

Third Window Burgers Are Now Available Six Days a Week

More food news: Beacon's Ojai café has closed; Satellite is now open Sundays; waffle recipes from Goodland Waffles & Melts; Santa Barbara couple launched a mezcal line; terrace enlargement at the Biltmore's restaurant; Draughtsmen Aleworks opened a Solvang taproom; Provençal dinner by the Two Baking Brits; Twenty-Four Blackbirds collaboration with Flamingo Estate.

December 10, 2022

Shop Local Gift Guide, Part 5: 23 More Gift Ideas

To wrap up this year's Shop Local Gift Guide: a cornucopia of other highly giftable stuff. 3

May 30, 2022

The Best Biscuits in Town

More food news: Uncorked is now serving a seven-course tasting menu three nights a week; Austin seafood restaurant Clark's is indeed opening on Coast Village Road; changes at Foxtail Kitchen; a peek inside the Rare Society steakhouse coming to the Funk Zone; the Ballard Inn's chef has left after five months; bagel pop-up at Peasants Deli; Twenty-Four Blackbirds is working on Oaxacan mole negro; the Bristol Farms rite of passage. 2

June 30, 2021

Carpinteria’s Good Plow Is Trying to Raise $48,000 So It Can Open

More food news: Sneak preview of Alessia Patisserie & Cafe; Peasants Feast in Solvang is spinning off a deli; new State Street hotel will have a ground-floor restaurant; Institution Ale's side patio seems just about ready; cacao drink at Twenty-Four Blackbirds. 10

April 23, 2021

Starbucks Is Opening on a Prominent Corner

More food news: Indonesian food delivered monthly; Wingman Rodeo has opened in Goleta; Third Window Brewing's call for oranges; Santo Mezcal is now serving breakfast; Bettina's new leek pizza; quality coffee in Santa Ynez. 1