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Country Harvest has served down home cooking to the local community of Newbury Park in the Conejo Valley for nearly 20 years.
A second Country Harvest will be opening this June at 252 W. Los Angeles Avenue, Unit B in Moorpark.
Updates at www.facebook.com/CountryHarvestMoorpark.
UPDATE 10/23/21: Now open.
The former Papa John's at the Oakbrook Plaza in Thousand Oaks (Arboles and Erbes) will be opening this summer as Valentino's Take & Bake Pizza. This will be the 3rd Valentino's location - others at Main and Seaward in Ventura and the Las Posas Plaza in Camarillo. Baked pizza, take and bake pizza, sandwiches, salads, subs and more. www.valentinosgourmet.com
The 2nd of 3 dining establishments that have replaced the former Hooters location at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks opened today. And on a down stock market day, Wingstop stock (NASDAQ: WING - what else?) was up .41%….perhaps because of this new Conejo Valley location. Or perhaps not :)
Wingstop wings come with an assortment of flavors…mild, garlic parmesan, hot lemon, hickory smoked BBQ, lemon garlic, atomic, Hawaiian, spice Korean, original hot, lemon pepper, mango habanero, bayou BBQ, cajun and Louisiana rub.
Learn more at www.wingstop.com.
Eddie’s Grill recently opened at 5101 Telegraph Rd, Ventura, offering burgers, wraps, salads, appetizers, vegetarian sandwiches and more. Here’s their mouth-watering assortment of charburgers:
Charbroiled Burger
Bacon Loaded Burger
Blu & Mushroom Burger
The Spicy Kick Burger
Hawaiian Burger
The Western Burger
Fajita Fiesta Burger
Santa Barbara Burger
Ortega & Swiss Burger
Eddie’s Patty Melt
Hot Cadillac
Learn more at eddiesgrills.com.
UPDATE: Opened September 26th!
Another new place coming soon to the North Ranch Shopping Center at 3835 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Westlake Village is Azuki Tea.
I believe this will be a boba place. We shall find out more soon. Thanks to Amelia S for the heads up.
Azuki Tea will be located in the former Takahashi Sushi spot.
UPDATE: June 15, 2023 is the grand opening date.
Amy’s Drive Thru is bringing organic fast food to Thousand Oaks in early 2022. This will be the first location for the organic fast food chain in Southern California and part of its larger plan to expand up and down the West Coast throughout the next five years.
The location of Amy’s Drive Thru Thousand Oaks will be 400 N. Moorpark Road - the former home of Mimi’s Cafe.
Amy’s Drive Thru was started by the Berliners, the same family that founded Amy’s Kitchen and pioneered the organic food movement. Continuing their mission to make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well, the Berliners opened Amy’s Drive Thru, a fresh take on classic American fast food, in 2015. Everything on the Amy's Drive Thru is vegetarian and made to order, including its popular and tasty burgers, fries, milkshakes, and salads all made from organic ingredients, served thoughtfully and sustainably. From menu to packaging to restaurant design, the Drive Thru operates as sustainably as possible, striving for zero waste and zero impact at each location. In 2020, Amy’s Drive Thru became one of the first and only B Corp Certified fast food restaurants.
There are currently three Amy's Drive Thru locations in the Bay Area with a fourth opening late 2021 in Roseville. The new Thousand Oaks location is part of the team’s plans to rapidly expand up and down the West Coast within the next five years.
Learn more about Amy’s at amysdrivethru.com.
UPDATE: Nick the Greek opened its doors in mid-May.
Nick the Greek Souvlaki & Gyro House is opening soon at 3955B E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Westlake Village, in the North Ranch Mall, in the space formerly occupied by Peet's Coffee (and prior to that, GameStop, and a long time ago, Oak Tree Deli). Some of you may be familiar with Nick the Greek at its location at 440 E. Main Street in Ventura. They offer delicious gyros, pitas, plates and bowls with souvlaki, falafel, beefteki and more, along with hummus, spicy yogurt, tzatziki, etc. You'll also find scrumptious baklava and frozen greek yogurt here too. Specific timing TBA. www.nickthegreeksj.com
UPDATE: Now open as of February 2022.
Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers looks to be opening this summer at The Commons at Calabasas, in the space previously occupied by Menchies Frozen Yogurt, near Corner Bakery and Kings Fish House.
Barneys originated in Oakland in 1978 and has locations in Santa Monica and Brentwood. Their menu has a variety of gourmet hamburgers, salads, sandwiches and hot dogs. Looks pretty good.
Burger choices include 1/2 lb or 1 lb burgers, Beyond Meat patties, turkey patties, salmon patties, garden burgers and grilled chicken breast.
Special gourmet burgers include 19 choices…Baja, Bacon Cheese, Guacamole, Gastropub, Santa Fe and more.
Learn more at www.barneyshamburgers.com.
Batchoyan Ilonggo Restaurant opened last October (somehow I missed it - I’ll just blame it on the pandemic) at 1775 E. Daily Drive in Camarillo, in the former home of Cafe India.
Batchoyan Ilonggo serves authentic Filipino food, including Batchoy, a hearty noodle soup that originated in the district of La Paz, Iloilo City in the Philippines, made with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, beef loin and round noodles.
They also serve a whole host of Filipino dishes I'm mostly unfamiliar with, such as pancit, lumpia, pancit molo, lechon kawali, halo halo, leche flan and egg pie. That said, I’m looking forward to familiarizing myself with them soon.
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