July 9, 2020
More food news: Tyger Tyger is reopening for weekend pop-up dinners; another brewpub said to be coming to lower State Street; new Westside pizza joint; Mercado el Rey has opened.
June 16, 2020
More food news: Yoichi's is selling takeaway bento boxes; reopening dates for Bouchon, Farmer Boy, Bluewater Grill, and Santa Barbara Wine Collective; update on Tyger Tyger and Paradise Cafe; new food truck specializing in chicken wings; Petros Kafe in Solvang has closed.
February 18, 2020
More food news: San Diego wine shop taking over the former Savoy Wines space; the Santa Barbara Vegan Chef Challenge is coming up; Rascal's is helping Rudy's develop a vegan menu; amaro ice cream.
January 21, 2020
More food news: Tyger Tyger's interesting dinner specials; the Carpinteria outpost of Little Dom's appears to be delayed; Lab Social's fancy new ice; Sumo oranges at the farmer's market.
October 2, 2019
Plus: Bristol Farms opening pushed back; a rundown of restaurants that are slated to open here; Carpinteria's farmer's market is in a different location this week; another wine tasting room; fresh yuzu.
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Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
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Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan