gutfud – the food, es ist gut

Anchor Woodfire Kitchen

I’ve had breakfast and lunch only – no dinner yet. If you are staying at the Indigo Hotel, aren’t you the lucky one to have this food brought to you in bed. It would be such an incredible luxury. But I simply walked in the door, sat the bar on two occasions and a small [...]

Crave: Art, Food, and Social Experience

The sensory experience has always been important to me. I used to create “moments” in my travel journals, putting a snapshot of that moment into words by describing what my five senses were taking in. It could have been a warm evening sitting on a porch in South Africa, or a foggy morning in Santa [...]

Creekside pig roast

Westin of Spare Parts, and Al from Events Untitled (Red Star?) paired up at the Creek Side to roast a whole pig. Check out the cool old grill of Creek Side’s, which they rolled out into the parking lot for the roast. There were plenty of hungry diners inside the bar, who were having a [...]

La Tour at The Pub – Funkzone

Remember how The Pub was zoned on one side of 224 Helena Street, while La Tour was on the other side? There were two separate bar tabs depending on which business provided which product. Cocktails, beer, food came from The Pub. Wine, or most of it, came from La Tour, and the food came from [...]

Rudy’s Restaurant – Goleta

This was a very opportunistic visit, and I was caught without my good camera, or even my average camera. All camera phone, so sorry about the crummy pictures. Still! Rudy’s has moved into a bigger space in that fine stripmall known as the Calle Real Shopping Center. Just next door to a shop I was [...]

Meat n’ Potatoes

I was sitting at a popular blue-collar bar a couple weeks ago, and the friendly woman next to me started chatting about food. She mentioned that the restaurant spot next to the Creekside (RIP JR’s BBQ I still miss you!!) was soon going to reopen, and the place would be called Meat n’ Potatoes, with [...]

Sly’s – Carpinteria

Roadtrip with Gordon! We were en route to Los Angeles, and had our lunch pitstop in Carpinteria, at Sly’s. Goal: to try the Whiskey Cocktail and profiteroles. Gordon took photos of the menu, which I am grateful for. Instant reference. Check out the classic cocktails, and their great prices. Negroni, Manhattan, Moscow Mule, it’s all [...]

Margerum Tasting Room

Sunday afternoon Sue and I swung by the Margerum Tasting Room, adjacent to the Wine Cask. She had her wine club selections to pick up, and members + guest get tastings in the room included in the membership. Margerum has nothing to fear of me drinking them dry, I’m such a lightweight, I pretty much [...]

La Tour Wine Merchants

This evening’s special La Tour friend is Jonah. I love bringing people here for the first time! He’d swung by the 515 project site, I was there and hungry, so we went off in search of food. It’s a slight challenge, as it was past 9 pm and most places still open was primarily greasy [...]

Local trio

How to please a Santa Barbara gal like me: * fine weather * good company * baguette from Our Daily Bread * double gouda from C’est Cheese * a glass of Pale Pink * sitting on the deck of Municipal Winemakers.