Lure Fish House Opens in Camarillo

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Well this is good news! A new seafood restaurant has opened in Camarillo. Located where Coco's used to reside at 259 W. Ventura Blvd in the Camarillo Town Center across the parking lot from Target, Lure Fish House appeared to have a decent flow of traffic today at 3 p.m. on a Sunday! Look below...all the good parking spots were taken!

Lure's website at www.lurefishhouse.com says "Lure Fish House was created with the goal of providing you with a Top Tier Seafood Experience featuring fresh and sustainable seafood from trusted sources. Our restaurant strives to provide locally caught seafood, organically grown local produce, and wines from local vineyards whenever possible. We also feature a full bar with specialty cocktails, and an oyster bar serving a variety of fresh items that can vary daily. Lure specializes in Mesquite broiled seafood while also providing uniquely prepared selections by our chef. We print our menus daily to reflect availability and guarantee freshness. Our primary goal is to provide you, our guest, a fun and exciting seafood experience. So just remember, "if you are looking for a tasty and healthy dish…eat more fish!"

Sounds good to me! Call them at 805.388.5556. They open for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Their menu looks pretty darn good.

Grand Opening of Sliders Bar & Grill at Simi Valley Town Center on Thursday, November 18th

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Sliders Bar & Grill, located on the west end of Simi Valley Town Center, is opening on Thursday, November 18th. Phone is 805.823.4756. Sliders is located where Spark Woodfire Grill used to be. They feature 20 beers on tap, 18 large TVs and over 70 menu items. Opens at 11 a.m.

Looking for autographs!? Come and get em:

Saturday, November 20th: Jim Harrick, Jamaal Wilkes and Rollie Fingers (if you guys don't know these names, you're either way too young or not sports fans :>)

Sunday, November 21st: Willie Gault, Willie McGinnest and Eddie Murray

According to Sliders, these sports celebs will be there sometime between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

www.slidersbargrill.com

Cronies Sports Grill is Coming to Newbury Park Early Next Year!

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Cronies Sports Grill will be opening a new location at 1620 Newbury Road, Newbury Park (in the Stagecoach Plaza where the post office and In N Out Burger are) sometime next February or March!

Cronies is celebrating 20 years in Ventura County next month. Its 3 current locations are in Camarillo, Ventura and Simi Valley.

While Cronies is best known for its icy cold 20 oz FROZEN beer schooners, they also have great burgers, sandwiches and salads. I've been to the Camarillo location probably over a hundred times. Always great, always friendly service. The beer here is truly outstanding. Usually a half schooner does it for me being the lightweight that I am.

Visit www.cronies.com for more information.

The Counter® Has Opened in Westlake Village! Custom Burgers! (Closed in April 2015)

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For those of you not familiar with The Counter, let me tell you this. My wife first heard about The Counter from the Oprah show 3 years ago. Apparently Oprah mentioned it was her favorite burger and people went Counter crazy. We drove down to Santa Monica to the original The Counter and the whole family enjoyed it.

Soon thereafter, my wife begged me to open up The Counter in the Conejo Valley. We did not pursue that (I prefer to visit restaurants, not own them) but someone else did! The Counter Westlake Village, located at 30990 Russell Ranch Road (corner of Lindero near Costco), opened on Monday, April 6th. Visit www.thecounterburger.com/westlakevillage or call 818.889.0080.

The Counter has an amazing menu (see below) that has over 312,000 different burger combinations (can I get a statistician to verify this?).  Wow, the Octomom and each of her family of 15 could each eat a different burger at The Counter for 57 years!!!  As you can see, there are 4 burgers, 10 cheeses, 28 toppings, 18 sauces and 3 types of buns to choose from.

I originally posted this on 4/9/09. Over the last 4 months, my wife has dined there approximately 20 times.  She and my family are huge fans.  The kids love the mini burgers. The teenager enjoys the big, fat, juicy burgers.  The wife enjoys turkey burgers. I eat whatever leftovers they bring home and pay the credit card bill.  Mouthwatering (the food, that is, not the credit card bill)! The Crispy Fried Onion Strings and Sweet Potato Fries are delicious too.  My wife also brings out of town guests to The Counter and everyone has given it rave reviews!