Tag: California
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Niku Steakhouse
It had been awhile since we had eaten here (Jan 4, 2020 to be exact). Always so many restaurants to try here so we don’t repeat very often. But we’d been so disappointed with any other steakhouse (Mastros, Harris, STK), but we did have a great experience here last time. So when on our reservation,…
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Nopa
We’ve been meaning to eat here forever and this restaurant has been around for quite awhile, but we just never seemed to get around to it, but we finally did. We were seated right as they opened (we’re old and don’t want to be out late…). We started off with cocktails which were both nice.…
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Izakaya Rintaro
This week’s dinner was a bit more lowkey than our more typical fine dining. This restaurant often appears on a lot of lists so we figured we’d try it again. We’ve eaten here once before for an impromptu dinner since we had been shopping at Rainbow Grocery and did a walk-in seating. I remember it…
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Friends Only
Last night’s dinner was at Friends Only, an omakase counter that is also the R&D kitchen for Akikos (at which we ate in February). The restaurant only seats 10 and for our reservation there were only 6 seated to we were all spaced out nicely and it was quite nice to not have things so…
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Aphotic
Last night’s dinner was at Aphotic a newly opened fine dining seafood restaurant with a focus on local produce a traceable seafood. This space was formerly the restaurant Palette (Andrea also remembered this prior to that being Lulu’s) owned by the same chef, Peter Hemsley (a Quince alum). It underwent a renovation with a darker…
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Copra
Tonight’s dinner was at Copra, a new Sri Lankan restaurant where Dosa used to be. We were very saddened when Dosa closed and haven’t found any decent Indian restaurants (Bibi Ji in Santa Barbara was very good, but not great). For us, it’s often about the quality of the spices and of course the preparation,…
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Caruso’s
We’re here in SB, so checking out some of the places to eat of course. Last night, we had a very enjoyable casual meal at Corazon Concina in the Public Market. Today we were going for a fancier venue. Caruso’s is a Cal-Italian restaurant at the Rosewood Miramar with a beachfront location. We were fortunate…
