The Wineyard in Thousand Oaks to Close Its Doors This Thursday, June 19th

Conejo Valley Guide Facebook Page follower Danielle forwarded an email sent by owners of The WineYard in Thousand Oaks, adjacent to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza:

"Friends of The WineYard, after 7 1/2 years -  we sadly say good bye. When we opened The WineYard we never expected to be here this long and we are so grateful to you for being our friends.  You and your support have meant so much to us that our decision was very difficult to make.  We have enjoyed meeting you, talking with you and sharing our lives together.

Our last day is this Thursday, June 19th. Baby's Bad Ass Burgers food truck will also be here. Come and see us this week if you can. We will miss you terribly, but the time has come to move on. We hope to see you again, but until then, CHEERS!

Club WineYard: if you have wines to pick up please come in before Friday otherwise get in touch with us for your wine pick up.  Thank you for your support!!!

With the closing, many WineYard bistro tables and chairs, furniture pieces, patio futniture, coolers, etc... will be for sale."

Kora Bistro & Sushi Bar Coming Soon to Westlake Village

Kora Bistro & Sushi Bar is "coming soon" to 30990 Russell Ranch Road, Westlake Village, in the former home of 9021Pho (which will soon be re-opening at The Lakes at Thousand Oaks), directly adjacent to The Counter Burger.

I believe Kora will be serving up Japanese and Italian fusion cuisine. No other details at this point, so stay tuned.

UPDATE: Kora is no longer there. I don't know exactly when they opened or when they closed, but Barone's The Pizzeria Express is coming in early 2015 now!

SunLife Organics is Now Open at The Commons at Calabasas

SunLife Organics is now open at The Commons at Calabasas.

SunLife Organics offers organic juices, smoothies, signature superfood drinks, coffee, snacks, supplements, and frozen yogurt, brews Intelligentsia coffee and servse Malibu's only organic frozen yogurt with toppings like chocolate covered goji berries. For more information visit www.sunlifeorganicsmalibu.com.

Chipotle, Yogurtland and PizzaRev Coming Soon to the Camarillo Premium Outlets

This doesn't look too appetizing yet but soon this location will be serving up custom-made pizzas, burritos and yogurt for voracious shoppers at the Camarillo Premium Outlets.No word on specific timing at this point, but construction is underway in the parking lot of The Promenade section on the north side of the Camarillo Premium Outlets for a new Chipotle Mexican Grill, previously mentioned PizzaRev "Craft Your Own" Pizza and Yogurtland. I would suspect the target date is in the Fall 2014 time frame.

Chipotle currently has other locations in Newbury Park, Oxnard, Ventura (2), Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Malibu and Santa Barbara (2).

Yogurtland has locations in Westlake Village, Oxnard, Ventura, Simi Valley and Santa Barbara.

Elephant Bar Simi Valley to Close This Thursday

Thanks to a tip from Anastasia via the CVG Facebook page, then a review of the Elephant Bar Facebook page, followed by confirmation by this Santa Clarita Valley Signal article, we've learned that the Elephant Bar Global Grill/Wok Kitchen in Simi Valley (as well as locations in Northridge, Valencia and Burbank) will be closing this Thursday.

The Simi Valley Elephant Bar is (soon to be was) located at 1825 Madera Road.

Elephant Bar was founded in 1980 and has locations in nine states. The closure appears to be part of an effort to close down underperforming locations.

N'Awlinz Bistro Announces That Today, June 8th, It Is Closing Its Oxnard Eatery

UPDATE 10/29/14: Last week, N'Awlinz 805 Grill opened at Centennial Plaza, the former home of N'Awlinz Bistro. Same cajun style food with some menu and concept changes1

I was shocked to see the news on the N'Awlinz Bistro Facebook page today: "We regretfully announce that Sunday, June 8th will be the last day of service for NAWLINZ Bistro and will remain closed until further notice. We thank you for your patronage over the last 8 months and hope to see you soon in one of our future endeavors. Please feel free to leave your comments.  -Chef Marcus Webster."

N'Awlinz Bistro first opened its doors here in the Conejo Valley in Newbury Park location in February 2012, then closed its doors there in December 2013 to focus its efforts on its Oxnard location, which opened to the public in September 2013. The Newbury Park location on Kimber Drive now serves as a catering-only location. Note: Please invite me to your event if you plan to use N'Awlinz Bistro as your caterer. YUM!

To contact Chef Webster and his team regarding catering, visit nawlinzbistro.com or call 805.499.7400 or 805.368.5677 or chefmarcus@nawlinzbistro.com.

County of Ventura Food Facility Closures in May 2014

The County of Ventura Environmental Health Division protect public health and the environment by ensuring conformance with State laws and County ordinances pertaining to food protection, hazardous materials, hazardous waste, individual sewage disposal systems, land use, medical waste, ocean water quality monitoring, recreational health, solid waste, underground fuel tanks and vector control.

The EHD publishes food facility closures at www.ventura.org/rma/envhealth/community-services/consumer-food/closures.html.

The following closures were noted in May 2014. Keep in mind when reviewing this that there are many possible reasons for the closures, most of which are very temporary issues.

Spinnaker Steak & Seafood, 1583 Spinnaker Dr. #109, Ventura;

Unsanitary conditions, inadequate refrigeration;

Date closed - 05/28/14; Date reopened - 05/29/14

New Asia Market, 3823 Saviers Road, Oxnard;

Cockroach infestation, unsanitary conditions;

Date closed - 05/23/14; Date reopened - 05/24/14

Neighborhood Market, 602 N. 12th Street, Santa Paula

(meat section only)

602 N. 12 Street, Santa Paula;

Inoperable warewashing sink as a result of clogged drain lines;

Date closed - 05/21/14; Date reopened - 05/22/14

Baja Bay Surf & Taco, 1567 Spinnaker Dr., #104, Ventura;

No hot water available for utensil washing or hand washing;

Date closed - 05/15/14; Date reopened - 05/16/14

Las Delicias Taqueria, 2611 E. Thompson Blvd #101, Ventura;

No hot water available for utensil washing or hand washing;

Date closed - 05/12/14; Date reopened - 05/13/14;

El Sancho Loco, 2271 Michael Drive, Newbury Park;

Cockroach infestation, unsanitary conditions;

Date closed - 05/08/14; Date reopened - 05/09/14

OMG Hot Dogs, mobile food facility - license plate # 4KW4537;

No water available for washing of hands, operating beyond the limitations of the permit;

Date closed - 05/01/14; Date reopened - 05/01/14

Las Sirenas Bar & Grill, 2091 N. Oxnard Blvd., Oxnard;

Serious and repeated violations of the Health and Safety Code;

Date closed - 05/01/14; Date reopened - 05/02/14

City of Agoura Hills Freeway Sign on Eastbound 101 Has Been Corrected

Last fall we grinned and giggled at the Aquora Hills sign eastbound on the 101 eastbound between Lindero Canyon and Reyes Adobe Road.

Well Caltrans must have been contacted because the new sign gives us no reason to laugh any longer. Agoura Hills is back! At least for the next 4 exits.