gutfud – the food, es ist gut » 2009

Dutch Garden Restaurant

What you learn at an early age affects the rest of your life. When I was a wee bean, my parents ate here and hated it. Their disdain spilled over onto me and I have held back from eating here for years. YEARS. But I’d just donated blood, and the yoghurt and tangerine I’d brought [...]

El Rincon Bohemio

We made a collective decision to expand our Taqueria Tour beyond Old Town Hollister to encompass the general area of Old Town. This adds el Rincon Bohemio to the master list! The building, if you can look at all beyond the main drag, stands out because the architecture does not remind you of Mexican restaurants. [...]

Tofu Village – Los Angeles (closed)

Banchan!!! My friends and I, we admit it, we messed up. Roadtripped to LA for Korean BBQ, and the place we picked said it offered lunch and dinner service, but it turned out lunch service was only on weekdays. This after going through LA traffic one of us described as “fucknuts.” A nearby bakery pointed [...]

Renaud’s Patisserie and Bistro

Absolutely no complaints on the food, only gushing compliments. You can order from the mains and dine-in menu, but you will not be able to resist a pastry on the side. The croissants are the best in Santa Barbara and we are truly spoiled to have them. Nothing mushy and puffy about them, they are [...]

Shalhoob’s Restaurant-Bar / Jill’s Place

They do swift work of delivering lunch to the table in a jif. About $8.50 for lunch without a drink, or $11.50 with a soda and maybe some chips. We got BLTs and tri-tip. Sigh…I do wish the tri-tip came with a little bit of salsa. But they were accommodating of my special salad dressing [...]

Altamirano’s Mexican Grill

I’ve eaten here before, but my dining companions hadn’t, and one had a hankering for spicy soup. Unsurprisingly, the posole was only on the menu during the weekend, but there was a “siete mares” soup available and I’d been wanting to try it as well. We asked to split the order… …and our split bowls [...]

Del Valle Grill

Well, hello there! I am back on my tour of Old Town Goleta taquerias. Del Valle Grill has a very unassuming facade. In fact, there’s currently no signage at all. But it’s right out there on Hollister, and Old Town is not big. Inside is bright and tidy. Order at the counter, serve your own [...]

The Press Room

I like it more and more as time goes on. The words “local” and “hangout” jive well here. Helps, too, that the times I’ve been have been with friends I greatly respect and adore. I dare say as well, it’s a good first date place. Bring your date here after the first date to wrap [...]

James Joyce

Good on a weeknight when it’s more mellow. Does not suffer from ghastly lighting. Long bar to reduce bottleneck, horizontally and vertically. Let me tell you about vertical bottleneck sometime. It’s a short person thing. Those big barrels of peanuts help stave off hunger, and thankfully with shells on, help stave off bar hand contamination [...]

Petit Valentien

There was a time when PV was turning over waitstaff almost as quickly as its tables. I didn’t have a truly bad experience during that time, but there were a few moments I’d cringe and think, “I know this is not what the owner envisioned.” However, updatey time since my last review, it looks like [...]

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