On the Menu

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

April 28, 2015

Gourmet Gauchos Converge for Taste of UCSB

By Allison Wright

As alumni gathered this weekend for reminiscing the good ol' gaucho days, they enjoy the refined and refreshing Taste of UCSB

April 27, 2015

Isla Vista’s Newest Contender: Otaco

By Marisa Ratchford

After a typical restaurant review goes sour, we want to know a few things about Otaco.

April 24, 2015

4 Smoothie Enthusiasts to Follow on Instagram

By Lianna Nakashima

Just in case you're still looking to make your insta feed even yummier.

April 24, 2015

Two More Reasons To Keep Your Produce Local

By Erin Gurewitz

Goleta's bi-weekly farmers market may be small, but it has some perks of its own.

April 23, 2015

Culture at its Finest: Highlights from the Food and Wine Weekend

By Bin Nguyen

This past weekend, many flocked to the Bacara, where the second annual Santa Barbara Food and Wine Weekend honored the legacy of Julia Child.

April 21, 2015

Earthday Festival Brings Together Santa Barbara’s Best Sustainable Foods

By Marisa Ratchford, Kendy Loi

Gastronomical highlights from this year's Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival

April 16, 2015

East Beach Tacos (Almost) Hits it Out of the Park

By Kendy Loi

Milpas's latest opening combines popular cuisines from other cultures with taco classics to create intriguing delights that may be more exciting than free turns in the nearby batting cage.

April 16, 2015

A Caffeine Addict’s Guide to Santa Barbara: The French Press

By Julia Chung

If you haven't already found yourself wandering through the doors of The French Press, now is the time!

April 16, 2015

Fan of the Gaucho Farmers Market? Check Out what Downtown has to Offer

By Erin Gurewitz

If you only hit up the Gaucho Farmers Market...Here’s what you’re missing:

April 13, 2015

A Caffeine Addict’s Guide to Santa Barbara: Vices and Spices

By Julia Chung

The guide continues with this Upper State based coffee and gift shop.

April 10, 2015

Sushi Cafe Supplies Calories, but not Necessarily Smiles

By Allison Wright

Sushi Cafe reminds us why ‘it’s more important to know the bad sushi places than the good ones.’

April 9, 2015

Bomber Diary 3: One Girl Drinks One Beer, Because Science

By Allison Wright

Science quickly devolves to live-Tweets in this journal-entry-esque beer review.

April 9, 2015

4 Food Porn Instagrams to Turn On (Your Taste Buds)

By Lianna Nakashima

Don't worry. This porn is SFW.

April 8, 2015

Don’t Pass Up Passover: Chocolate-covered Matzah

By Erin Gurewitz

Chocolate-covered Matzah tastes like a combination of a heath bar, peanut brittle and chocolate — in other words, heaven.

April 7, 2015

Los Angeles in Seven Days, Seven Meals

By Lianna Nakashima

No one questions L.A.'s position as a food destination, but sometimes it seems like you need a guide to figure out which little restaurant is a winner and which is just another waste of time. This selection of hot-spots ...