Don Waffly "Home of the Waffle Stick" Coming Soon to the Annex Food Hall at The Collection at Riverpark in Oxnard

Don Waffly will be opening at physical location inside the Annex Food Hall at The Collection at Riverpark in Oxnard. Don Waffly serves a variety of waffle sticks, breakfast sandwiches and more. Updates at www.instagram.com/donwaffly.

Porta Via Now Open at The Commons at Calabasas

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Porta Via is now open at The Commons at Calabasas, offering contemporary California cuisine serving seasonal organic dishes. Open for lunch and dinner with pastas, sandwiches, salads and more.

House specialties include Grilled Ora King Salmon, Parmigiano Crusted Halibut, Branzino, Pan Roasted Striped Bass, Brick-Pressed Roasted Chicken, Chicken Paillard, Orange Ginger Stir Fry, Prime French Cut Pork Chop, Grass Fed Filet Mignon, Grilled Skirt Steak, Bistro Burger and the Impossible Burger.

Learn more at portaviarestaurants.com.

Patron Mexican Bar & Grill to Open Thousand Oaks Location (NOW OPEN)

UPDATE: After long last, Patron Westlake Village opened in May 2022.

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Patron Mexican Bar & Grill looks to be opening a new location at 3709 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, which is the address of Al Mulino Italian Restaurant. I confirmed with Patron that they do plan to open this new location by sometime later this year.

Al Mulino originally opened in July 2015. Patron has locations in Newbury Park and Camarillo.

Parma Pizzeria Napoletana to Open Agoura Hills Location in 2021 (UPDATE: Early 2022)

UPDATE: Well finally an update! Today, 12/8/21, 15 months after the initial announcement, Parma has announced it has begun building out the location for an early 2022 opening.

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Parma Pizzeria Napoletana announced today that it will be opening a 2nd location next year at 5649 Kanan Road, in the Agoura Meadows Shopping Center (Von’s, Cronies, The Latigo Kid, CVS plaza, cross street T.O. Blvd.), in the former home of Carol Solomon's Gallery of Gifts & Framing (which moved to a new location in Los Angeles). Parma opened its first location at 796 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard in late January 2017.

Burnin' Mouth Nashville Hot Chicken Now Open at The Annex Food Hall at The Collection in Oxnard

UPDATE: Open as of January 2021.

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The Collection at RiverPark has announced that Burnin’ Mouth Nashville Hot Chicken is coming soon to The Annex Food Hall. Featuring a fresh classic take on the Nashville hot chicken sandwich by incorporating flavors from around the world.

Sounds spicy to me!

Updates at thecollectionrp.com/dine.

Limena Peruvian Eatery Now Open in Thousand Oaks

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Limena Peruvian Eatery opened on July 28th at 2388 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks in the former home of Natas Pastries and Pizzeria la Piccola.

Everything looks, smells and tastes delicious. The menu includes Peruvian favorites like Lomo Saltado (stir-fried beef with red onions, tomatoes, green onions, cilantro and french fries served on white rice), Chaufa de Quinoa Con Vegetables (quinoa in the style of Peruvian fried rice, with bean sprouts, peas, carrots, egg and green onions), fried yuca, and much more.

Learn more at limenaeatery.com.

Caribbean Haven Announces It Will Be Opening a New Location in Thousand Oaks

UPDATE: Announcement made 10/15/22 that the Thousand Oaks location will not be opening.

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Caribbean Haven announced via its Instagram page that it has signed a lease and will be the new occupant of 593 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. This was the former home of Pieology (closed in July 2018), Fit2BeThai (late 2012) and awhile back, Olga’s Kitchen.

Caribbean Haven's first location in Montalvo Square in Ventura is a very highly Yelp rated fast casual eatery offering Caribbean, Filipino and vegan food. Learn more about them at www.caribbeanhaven.com.

The owner is anticipating an opening date somewhere between mid-Dec and Feb 1 (which based on my experience watching local grand opening time frames means late summer to early fall 2021 lol). We shall see and be optimistic.

Congrats to our soon to be new Conejo Valley eatery.

Naru Bento Coming Soon to Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks

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A new eatery called Naru Bento is "coming soon" to Janss Marketplace in the former Subway location, next to one of my favorite boba places in town, Matcha. No other details at this time. Bento meals usually include rice or noodles, fish or meat, veggies and other items.

Compilation of soon to be opening eateries and recently opened eateries throughout Ventura County at THIS LINK.

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Wingstop Coming Soon to Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks

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The third tenant in the space previously occupied by Hooters at Janss Marketplace has been signed. Wingstop will be joining a drive through Starbucks and California Fish Grill at this future location. The existing building is being demolished to make room for new construction. My guess is we’ll see the new eateries opening in mid-2021, but we’ll see.