Food Stuff

November 21, 2019

More Details on the Plan to Revamp Paradise Cafe

More food news: Khao Kaeng may be looking to get out of its Coast Village Road space; Smart & Final will expand into a superstore; Buena Onda is making turkey-dinner empanadas; Café Ana now bakes gluten-free bread.

November 18, 2019

Los Agaves Is Opening a Oaxacan Spinoff Across from the Beach

More food news: S.Y. Kitchen is said to be taking over the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn restaurant; first look at the interior and menu of The Daisy, opening tomorrow on State Street; all-day restaurant coming to E. Cabrillo; new tenant for the Little Door space; Yume Sushi is back from the dead.

November 15, 2019

The Lark’s Parent Company Is Taking Over Paradise Cafe

More food news: The Wine Cask on Anacapa is rumored to have a new owner; local chef trying to cultivate heirloom corn; "Fantastic Fungi" documentary screening; Roost's tasty chicken dish.

November 12, 2019

First Look at Mesa Burger’s Upcoming Montecito Outpost

More food news: Opening day set for the Daisy on State Street; more on Onus Donuts; Bar Seven turns seven; Bar 29 on Chapala has closed; dining by choice at an assisted-living facility.

October 31, 2019

Another Donut Store Is Opening Downtown

More food news: Little Dom's says there's nothing Cajun about its forthcoming Carp restaurant; Bettina's anniversary block party; city mulling a change to food-truck rules; Stone Age restaurant closed.

October 29, 2019

Could Little Dom’s Seafood Debut as Carp’s Best Restaurant?

More food news and notes: A likely change in direction at the Four Seasons Biltmore's restaurant; Ca' Dario Pizza has closed; Lazy Acres pays $5,000 over mislabeled pizza; crème and punishment.

October 25, 2019

The Montecito Inn Will Open an All-Day Restaurant in the Old Monarch Space

More food news and notes: The Daisy opens soon on State Street; a profile of Pacific Pickle Works; Buena Onda and Lab Social have partnered up; Dunkin' is threatening to open more stores here.

October 23, 2019

The Former Les Marchands Space Is Now a Cocktail Bar

More food news and notes: Enterprise Fish Co. is rumored to be closing; more turnover at the Santa Barbara Public Market; Bettina celebrates its first anniversary with free spritzes; terrific art at Café Ana.

October 21, 2019

The Monarch and Silver Bough Restaurants Have Closed

More food news and notes: The Bear and Star at the Fess Parker inn in Los Olivos has closed; Lab Social cocktail bar extended its Sunday hours; the revamped Cuyama Buckhorn motel now serves dinner; Pascucci will move in January.

October 11, 2019

Why Isn’t the Rosewood Miramar’s Ice Cream Shop Open to the Public?

More food news and notes: Sama Sama Kitchen's offshoot in Los Alamos has soft-opened; the first-ever Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley is coming up; Bree'osh celebrates its fourth anniversary with a look back; new restaurant at Cachuma Lake.