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Enjoy delicious French comfort food and savory Ethiopian cuisine. We are now providing dine-in service at 50% capacity and for take-away. Please call to make a reservation. We appreciate your support LUNCH: French lunch: Tuesday - Friday, 11:30 am - 2 pm Ethiopian Cuisine: Sat & Sunday 11:30 am - 2 pm DINNER: French Cuisine: Tuesday - Sat, 5 pm - 8 pm | Sunday Prix-Fixe 5 - 7:30 pm 1114 STATE STREET #14 (IN LA ARCADA PLAZA) (805) 966-0222 • PETITVALENTIEN.COM
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wrote that Copenhagen Sausage Garden of Solvang is opening a business location in the Funk Zone. The Copenhagen Sausage Garden is an outdoor beer garden located in the heart of Solvang and offers the famous Danish Rød Pølse along with 11 family-made sausages from around the world. They also offer veggie sausages and 12 beers on tap. More than three years later, I am happy to tell you that the new business is finally showing signs of life and will be called “S.B. Biergarten.” It will be located on a new rooftop patio being built at 11 Anacapa Street.
DUNKED DONUTS: There has been a mystery surrounding Dunkin’ Donuts on upper State Street that has finally been solved. The four-year-old business announced a temporary closure around the time “COVID-19” became a household word yet never reopened when similar businesses did. Dunkin’ Donuts’ corporate website had continued to list the closure as temporary. This changed last week when our local outlet finally disappeared from the Dunkin’ database and a for-lease sign was posted on the property.
post from commercial real estate agent Caitlin McCahill Hensel that says: “Not so fun fact: 1 in 6 retail storefronts are available on State Street. Even Starbucks is giving up its space on De la Guerra St.” The business is located at 800 State Street, which was once the long-time home of Weston’s Camera.
COFFEE CLOSING? A commercial real estate agent reports that the Starbucks at State and De la Guerra streets may be closing.
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Arab Emirates. Reader Cris let me know that a sign for the fast-growing eatery has appeared in La Cumbre Plaza between See’s Candies and Chipotle. “Our proprietary recipes, outstanding food, and superior customer service created a demand that could only be satisfied by more locations,” says a message on the company’s website. “We’re not in the wing business. We’re in the flavor business. Wingstop is the destination when you crave fresh, never-faked wings, hand-cut seasoned fries and any of our famous sides. For people who demand flavor in everything they do, there’s only Wingstop—because it’s more than a meal, it’s a flavor experience.”
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HOPE FOR CORNER: Can Chris Chiarappa make a restaurant work at 700 State Street? The busy corner has been home to Left at Albuquerque, Ma Dolce Vita, and Panera Bread before going vacant in 2015.
WINGSTOP TAKES FLIGHT: Reader Steve H. let me know that Wingstop has opened in La Cumbre Plaza at 3849 State Street, next to next to Chipotle. Wingstop began as a small buffalo-style chicken-wing restaurant in Garland, Texas, in 1994, and expanded to more than 1,500 restaurants open across the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and the United
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Albuquerque, and Ma Dolce Vita were all once located at 700 State Street. The property has been vacant since July 2015, and now reader Richard tells me that serial restaurateur Chris Chiarappa has applied for a liquor license and eating place permit for that address. In recent years, Chiarappa has opened Corner Tap, Lighthouse Coffee, Mesa Burger, and M. Kitchen. A shared commercial kitchen on State Street and possibly an ice cream spot on the Mesa are also part of Chiarappa’s future plans.
Andersen’s Danish Restaurant & Bakery. Menu available for curbside or walk-up pickup. For dining in, order inside and we’ll bring you everything you need at an outside table. Open Daily 10am-6pm, closed Tuesday. Breakfast served until 2pm, Lunch & Dinner 12- Close. We also deliver through restaurant connection. CALL (805) 962-5085 TO ORDER • 1106 STATE ST. STATE & FIG ANDERSENSSANTABARBARA.COM
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