••• Chef Efe Onoglu, who has been hosting pop-up dinners and events for a while now, is opening a restaurant called Aegean at 731 De La Guerra Plaza. (He’s shooting for May.) This is great news because we can use more eastern Mediterranean food, but also because if the eventual revamp of De La Guerra Plaza is going to work, it really needs to have consumer-facing commercial elements on it. Here’s hoping whoever ultimately leases Bibi Ji’s old spot, next door to Aegean, has the same idea.
••• “Haas’s Fine Ice Cream, which serves McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream, has opened at the Five Points Shopping Center.” —Restaurant Guy
••• The word on the street is that Merci is gearing up to launch dinner service—bistro-style, with offerings beyond what’s currently available—this summer.
••• The Goleta outpost of Kyle’s Kitchen appears to be in flux: the space is for lease starting this fall. —Restaurant Guy UPDATE 4/3: Restaurant Guy has taken the post down, with no explanation, so either the info was inaccurate or the restaurant didn’t want it made public.
••• The Spirit of Japan food-and-sake show comes to the Ventura County Fairgrounds on April 19 and 20.
••• Chef Mei Lin will be at Na Na Thai on May 9, collaborating with the restaurant on “a Thai-Chinese à la carte menu.” Sign me up!
••• Lucky’s has plans to open branches in L.A.’s Arts District and the Hamptons. That’d make five total, along with Coast Village Road, Malibu, and New York City. Imagine a world where you’d never have to eat anywhere else…. —Restaurant Guy UPDATE: Curtis points out that an outpost of Tre Lune opened in Hollywood.
••• Summerland Winery announced that “due to lack of funding from our investors, Summerland Wine Brands and Summerland Winery will be closing our doors at the end of April.”
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The Lucky’s empire keeps on growing: Did you report that a second location of Tre Lune opened in Hollywood on N Sycamore?
Congratulations Gene and team Lucky’s!
Which Kyle’s kitchen? The link doesn’t work and neither location is on Loopnet
I don’t recall which location it was. Restaurant Guy has taken the post down, with no explanation, so either the info was inaccurate or the restaurant didn’t want it made public.
I read the article from Restaurant Guy and I’m pretty sure he said the Kyle’s in Goleta by Smart and Final.
I built the little building in the patio of 731 de la guerra for my juice bar and sandwich shop- “ the Yucatan Nectar Stand”
And my store “gone native” opened in the main building in 1980- we brought life to de la guerra plaza with music in the patio and events on the lawn! One love cat smith