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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 3rd, 2013 / Columns, Restaurants / Comments Off on Restaurant and retail venture will anchor funk zone project
A massive new restaurant, wine and retail project is coming to Santa Barbara’s funk zone, the eclectic and gritty part of town known for its chic tasting rooms and art galleries dotted between industrial shops and warehouses. The 131 Anacapa St. project has been in the works for more than two years and will open Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, April 5th, 2013 / Columns, Restaurants, Small Business / Comments Off on Sidecar Restaurant blows the whistle on a decade in Ventura
The Sidecar Restaurant in Ventura is closing next month after a decade of serving fresh, locally sourced food in a 1910 Pullman railway car.
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 5th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Features, Restaurants, Small Business / Comments Off on The urban farmer: Summerland venture supplies to area restaurants
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By Tom Bronzini / Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Restaurants, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Tri-county companies ride health-foods boom
Producers of organic and natural foods in the Tri-Counties are seeing robust consumer demand despite higher production and retail costs for some of their products, a panel of speakers said at a breakfast meeting Wednesday. The event was hosted by the Association for Corporate Growth at the Westlake Village Inn. Scott Deardorff, fourth-generation owner and Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, March 1st, 2013 / Columns, Restaurants / Comments Off on High-tech seafood: Arch Rock Fish takes interactive approach
The Anacapa Street restaurant has launched a number of social media and smart phone applications that it hopes will help it stay tuned in to its tech-savvy guests.
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By Staff Report / Monday, February 25th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Features, Restaurants, Small Business, Tourism / Comments Off on 2013 Family Business & Closely Held Companies honorees announced
Congratulations to the 2013 Family Business & Closely Held Companies award winners. The section published Friday, Feb. 22 and is available with the print edition of the Business Times. This year’s winners are: Family Business Titan: Gills Onions, an Oxnard-based onion processing company owned by brothers Steve and David Gill. Legacy Family Businesses • Green Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, February 1st, 2013 / Columns, Restaurants / Comments Off on Restaurateurs hope to launch chain with new State Street pizzeria
A world-renowned pizza chef promises to bring authentic Italian-style pizza at a relatively affordable price to the State Street corridor.