••• A new bread at Oat Bakery is always worth noting, and I was especially glad to see it’s a Pullman loaf, because I need a good sandwich bread. It’s only at the Goleta location, which means you have an excuse to get lunch there. I’m still thinking about the turkey sandwich….
••• The Santa Barbara Fish Market‘s Goleta shop/restaurant opened yesterday, reports Noozhawk. And Restaurant Guy posted the menu.
••• According to the October 19 Montecito Board of Architectural Review agenda, the proposed addition to the Rosewood Miramar Beach resort includes a café in the new building at N. Jameson Lane and Eucalyptus Lane and, at the Beach Bar, an “enhanced food preparation area and new grab and go offering.” Here’s the agenda item:
Conceptual review of the addition of 16 employee dwelling units (apartments) on the northeastern portion of the property (for a total of 20 on-site employee dwelling units at The Miramar) and the alteration of the surface parking to include a combination of surface parking, parking lifts, and one optional partial elevated parking level, and resort storage. Total of 482 onsite parking stalls will be provided. Addition to northwestern portion of the property to include up to 15 for rent resort dwelling units (apartments), resort shops, resort cafe, and one optional level of below grade back of house areas, which may include storage, utilities, parking, and service. Minor alteration to northwest corner of existing Beach Bar to incorporate enhanced food preparation area and new grab and go offering. The employee and resort apartments will total 34,200 square feet, the storage will be 3,800 square feet, and the resort shops will total 25,200 square feet.
••• The annual Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival is Saturday, October 21: “Timed to celebrate the opening of lobster season, the Festival showcases fresh, regional seafood and fun for all ages including; live music, maritime education, free boat rides, children’s activities, vessel tours, and more.” It’s 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
••• Noozhawk profiled Convivo.
••• The Independent profiled the Westside’s Sazon Latino.
••• “Cocktails are now available at Shalhoob’s inside the Santa Barbara Public Market.” —Restaurant Guy
••• Lucky’s is opening a branch in Manhattan, at 224 Lafayette Street in Soho. It’s a bold move in a city with no shortage of well-known steakhouses. —Montecito Journal
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That loaf looks good….but I’d highly suggest you try the Sourdough Sandwich Loaf from Riviera Bread. If you haven’t checked out her stuff yet, I HIGHLY recommend it. No joke, I think it’s the best sourdough in CA right now.
Thank you for the suggestion, where I can buy the bread at?
http://www.rivierabread.com
on Instagram as @rivierabread
Christine has the right link – it’s worth noting that the way it works is that orders for any given week open on Sunday morning, and close on Tuesday morning. You can select pickup or delivery for either Wednesday or Friday – there are different locations for each day. The best way to get notified is to sign up for the email list – the email that goes out on Sunday mornings will have the menu for the week and link to buy.
I’ve been to Convivo twice in the last few months and was surprised and delighted — both times it felt like we were surrounded by out-of-towners. It’s on kind of a lonely corner — Milpas and Cabrillo — so they don’t get the foot traffic of State of the Funk Zone. But you can valet your car and the staff is super friendly.