Braxton's Kitchen Opened Last Month in Camarillo

Braxton's Kitchen opened June 8th in the former Breakfast Cafe at the Big Lots plaza off of Carmen Drive in Camarillo. Next to Spencer Mackenzie's. Open for breakfast and lunch daily. On the other side is Greek Cuisine (actual restaurant name) run by former owners of Breakfast Cafe (and as I am now vaguely recalling, the owners of Little Tommy's in Thousand Oaks awhile back)

Learn more at braxtonskitchen.com or call 805.384.7566. The menu looks great!

Formerly the Breakfast Cafe.

Historia Bakery Now Open in Thousand Oaks

UPDATE: Historia Bakery opened (“soft “ opening) on Monday, October 14th. Updates at www.facebook.com/historiabakery.

Historia Bakery is coming soon to the former Shave It location next The Habit Burger at the northeast corner of Hillcrest and Moorpark Road, 11 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.

Updates at www.facebook.com/Historia-Bakery-450324439111809.

Ruperto's Kitchen Mexican Food Opened Today in Newbury Park

Ruperto's Kitchen Mexican Food opened today in the Kimber Plaza, 3321-B Kimber Drive, Newbury Park. Family-owned eatery will be serving up various Mexican specialties. Ruperto's previous cooking experience was at Manny's. Located next to West of Orleans.

Previously at 3321-B Kimber Drive was Ranch Hand BBQ , which relocated in 2011, and subsequent to that, California Kettle Corn.

Select menu items:

• Breakfast: Huevos Rancheros, Huevos con Chorizo, Huevos con Papa, etc.

• Combinations: Carne Asada Encebollado, Flautas de Pollo, Asada or Carne Desebrada, Chile Relleno, Burritos, Chile Verde, Enchiladas, Calda, etc.

• A La Carte: Tacos, Tostadas, Tortas, etc

Cafe Sapientia Now Open in Oak Park

Temporary sign up at Cafe Sapientia in Oak Park. Permanent sign in a few weeks.

Cafe Sapientia is now open in the Oak Park Plaza, 706 Lindero Canyon Road (cross street Kanan). Cafe Sapienta is a coffee shop offering high-quality single-origin based coffee drinks, teas and and an assortment of other drinks. I had the blended Orange Refresher and it was cold and refreshing - reminded me of an Orange Julius.

Also featured at Sapienta are snow cremes - a combination of snow-like shaved ice and ice cream, with flavors that include Oreo, Matcha, Mango, Strawberry and Original. These premium desserts include fresh fruit and other ingredients.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/pg/cafesapientia or call 805.883.8199.

Oreo Snow Creme

Marie's Cafe Simi Valley Opening in August

Marie’s Cafe opened August 2019 in the Sinaloa Plaza / Stater Brothers shopping center at 660 E. Los Angeles Avenue, #660K, Simi Valley.

Marie’s Cafe offers Vietnamese style sandwiches (banh mi), a full boba bar and shaved snow (a hybrid of ice cream and shaved ice).

For updates, follow their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Maries-Cafe-844588375907985.

POG (passion fruit, orange and guava) shaved snow.

Huarache Xpress at the Simi Valley Town Center

Huarache Xpress opened at east end of the Simi Valley Town Center in March. A huarache (pronounced WAR-A-CHAY) is large, thick, handmade corn tortilla with beans inside, topped with things like onions, lettuce, meat (carne asada, chicken, carnitas, al pastor, chorizo, etc.), cheese, avocado, sour cream and more. Other specialties include quesadilla, burritos, tacos, enchiladas and more.

Visit www.facebook.com/HuaracheXpress or call 805.422.8858.

Surf Boba Opened Last Weekend at the Simi Valley Town Center

Surf Boba opened this past weekend at the Simi Valley Town Center in the former home of Jamba Juice (n the east end of the mall, across from Coconut Crab and California Pizza Kitchen), offering smoothies, frappes, milk teas, blends, wraps, sandwiches, salads and more. Learn more at surfboba.com.

Currying Flavors Now Open at The Shops at Oak Creek in Agoura Hills

UPDATE: Currying Flavors now open as of August 26, 2019.

Currying Flavors is coming soon to The Shops at Oak Creek at 29125 Canwood Street, Agoura Hills (former home of Fire Island Grill and Freebirds World Burrito). Currying Flavors indicates it will be introducing a fresh new concept in fast casual Indian cuisine - combining authentic flavors with modern style, and customizability with simplicity.

No functional website at this time but perhaps follow their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/curryingflavors1/ .

NOTE: Previously, we had noted that Currying Flavors appeared to be opening a location at The Summit at Calabasas. This no longer appears to be the case.