On the Menu

May 19, 2015

Food Porn #3: L.A. Eats

By Lianna Nakashima

"Whether Los Angeles is your home sweet home or your favorite tourist spot, be sure to check out these four awesome Instagram accounts that devote their posts to highlighting the best eateries in the diverse City of Ange...

May 15, 2015

9 Emergency Chasers to Replace Diet Soda

By Allison Wright

Have all this extra liquor from your rager last week but your fridge is pathetically low on your choice of carbonated beverage? Never fear On The Menu is here to give you some creative substitutes so you can party on

May 15, 2015

Shabbat Shalom: Finding Home

By Taylor Nguyen

Santa Barbara Hillel offers free Shabbat dinner on Friday nights at 8 p.m. for UCSB and SBCC students combined and On the Menu has got the dish on this dinner

May 14, 2015

Antonio Explains All

By Allison Wright, Marisa Ratchford

An exclusive interview one week after one of our articles figuratively broke the internet. Sorriso owner Antonio Gerli talks his restaurant, his food and, of course, his piano

May 13, 2015

Fork Fest: Where the Forking gets Real Tasteful

By Audrey Bachelder

Saturday May 9th, at Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara hosted Fork Fest - the forking your taste buds could never forget

May 12, 2015

Santa Barbara Spotlight: Enjoy Cupcakes

By Julia Chung

Divulge on these Delectable Desserts from Enjoy Cupcakes

May 11, 2015

Food After Dark: TASA’s Night Market

By Lianna Nakashima

The largest Taiwanese American Student Association event, Night Market turned up this weekend and On The Menu dishes out the experience

May 7, 2015

Mom-Day Memoirs: Summer Nights

By Marisa Ratchford

" I guess the heat made [my mom and I] a bit giddy, because when those automatic doors opened, we turned into culinary fiends. Just a normal dinner was now becoming a feast in our minds."

May 7, 2015

Mom-day Memoirs: The Saturday Crepe Ritual

By Taylor Nguyen

"I learned to appreciate the simplicity of dishes because of my mom. She made me realize that it isn’t about how many things you could tower onto a single plate, but about taking the time to really taste each component...

May 7, 2015

Cookies For Mama

By Kendy Loi

Need a last minute idea for a Mother's Day gift? Here's a quick a simple treat that your mom will definitely love

May 6, 2015

One More Reason to Join Los Agaves’ Bandwagon

By Allison Wright

Have no plans for your Tuesday meal? Well now you do! Los Agaves has a pop-up restaurant at the Santa Barbara Public Market and the tacos are "killer"

May 6, 2015

Tropicana’s New Chef Brings the Housing Complex a Little Closer to Paradise

By Marisa Ratchford

Changes are in the air for dreaded dorm meals as Tropicana revamps their food to actually be something to write home to mom about

May 5, 2015

Food Porn #2: Easy, Fresh and Budget-Friendly

By Lianna Nakashima

Check out the latest Instagram pages that are a must follow for any Foodie fanatic. These pages will have you double tapping till your fingers are numb

May 4, 2015

Umami! Begin the Flavor Revolution

By Taylor Nguyen

"After personally experiencing the umami marvel, I am fully an active advocate of this notion. As in, I’m in the process of printing t-shirts, creating a blog and founding a festival dedicated solely to this wonder —...

May 1, 2015

Table for Two: Date Night at Sorriso

By Evan Swerdfeger, Michelle Parker

One couple battles the only thing harder than finding long-term companionship in Isla Vista: finding a good date-night spot

April 30, 2015

A Home-Cooked Meal on the Last Frontier

By Claire Nuttall

There was a simplicity to the place. To the ways in which we spoke and worked and moved. It seeped into the food