The World's Biggest Bounce House Comes to Santa Barbara August 23-25

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The Big Bounce America, featuring the world’s largest bounce house, will be featured at Ellings Park in Santa Barbara Friday through Sunday, the weekend of August 23-25, 2019.

There are three featured attractions:

  • The World’s Biggest Bounche House is the largest bounce house in the world, featuring ball pits, climbing towers, live DJs, confetti blasts and more.

  • The Giant is a 900+ foot tall inflatable obstacle course.

  • AirSPACE is a bouncy attraction with friendly aliens, spaceships, giant planets, moon craters and more.

Three hour access tickets are available for a timed session on The World’s Biggest Bounce House and unlimited access to the other attractions at thebigbounceamerica.com/family/tickets.

Options include a Toddler Session (ages 3 and under) for $16 (Friday only), Junior Session (ages 7 and under) for $25 (Sat/Sun only), Bigger Kid Session (ages 15 and under) for $25 (Fri-Sun) and Adults Only Session (ages 16+) for $30 (Sat/Sun only).

Must wear socks at all times.

County of Ventura Food Facility Closures in July 2019

The County of Ventura Environmental Health Division (EHD) protects 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 vcrma.org/food-facilities-closure-report-inspector-initiated.

The following facility closures (exclusive of mobile facilities) were noted in July 2019. Keep in mind when reviewing this that there are many possible reasons for the closures, most of which are very temporary issues.

Jack in the Box, 2352 East Thompson Boulevard, Ventura;
Inoperable warewashing sink;
Date closed - 07/29/19; Date reopened - 07/29/19

2686 Kitchen, 2686 Loma Vista Rd., Ventura;
Inoperable warewashing sink, inadequate refrigeration;
Date closed - 07/26/19; Date reopened - 07/26/19

4 Way Meat Market #7 Hueneme, 541 W. Hueneme Rd., Oxnard;
Inoperable restrooms, inoperable walk-in refrigeration unit, remodeling without approval, fly infestation and unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/25/19; Date reopened - 07/26/19

Taqueria Caporales, 601 W. Hueneme Rd., Oxnard
Cockroach infestation and unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/25/19; Date reopened - 07/26/19

La Quinta Inn, 5818 Valentine Road, Ventura;
Inoperable warewashing sink, inadequate refrigeration;
Date closed - 07/22/19; Date reopened - 07/22/19

EMC Seafood & Raw Bar, 511 Town Center Drive #3015, Oxnard;
Kitchen is not fully enclosed, resulting in unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/19/19; Date reopened - 7/19/19

Burger King #7, 2500 S. Ventura Rd., Oxnard;
Rodent infestation, unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/18/19; Date roepened - 07/20/19

Garcia's Catering & Restaurant, 165 North Hayes Street, Oxnard;
No permit to operate;
Date closed - 07/18/19; Permit issued - 07/19/19

Player's Card Club, 6580 Auto Center Drive, Ventura;
Inoperable plumbing resulting in sewage overflowing outside of the facility;
Date closed - 07/17/19; Date reopened - 07/17/19

La Michoacana Azteca, 500 North Ventura Avenue, Ventura;
No hot water available at the facility;
Date closed - 07/16/19; Date reopened - 07/16/19

Don Lalo's 385 West El Roblar Drive, Ojai;
Power outage, inadequate refrigeration;
Date closed - 07/16/19; Date reopened - 07/17/19

Henny Penny Fish & Chips, 200 S. Ventura Rd., Oxnard;
Rodent infestation, unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/16/19; Date roepened - 07/22/19

Fratelli's Pizza & Brews, 1559 Spinnaker Drive, Unit 100, Ventura;
No means to adequately wash hands in the food preparation area;
Date closed - 07/15/19; Date reopened - 07/19/19

J&R Fruit Stand, 2852 East Telegraph Road, Fillmore;
Rodent infestation, unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/15/19; Date reopened - 07/17/19

Rosabella's Cafe & Bakery, 2705 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura;
Rodent infestation, unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/12/19; Date reopened - 07/13/19

Spring Garden, 1795 S. Victoria Ave. #101-A, Ventura;
Cockroach infestation, unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/08/19; Date reopened - 07/09/19

Ventura County Market, 116 South Mill Street, Santa Paula;
Rodent infestation, unsanitary conditions;
Date closed - 07/02/19; Date reopened - 07/05/19

Greens Up! at The Shoppes at Westlake Village to Close Its Doors on Thursday, August 1st

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Greens Up! at The Shoppes at Westlake Village will be closing its doors permanently, effective August 1st. They opened this location just under 5 years ago, on October 22, 2014. On a personal note, I am sorry to see them close, though am not surprised given they recently stopped service on weekends.

Thanks to Kelly H for the heads up via the Conejo Valley Guide Facebook Page for letting us know.

Other Greens Up! locations are in Santa Monica. www.greensupsalads.com/locations.

Jack's Donuts Now Open at Conejo Valley Plaza in Thousand Oaks

UPDATE: At long last, Jack’s Donuts opened to the public on Saturday, November 9th.

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Update 8/28/19: Opening date has been pushed out slightly but soft opening date will be announced soon.

Update 8/2/19: I’ve been informed that Jack’s Donuts anticipates a “soft opening” in mid-August and grand opening in early September. Stay tuned.

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Hector Diaz @ThinkStatus pointed out that Jack’s Donuts is “coming soon” to the Conejo Valley Plaza in Thousand Oaks in the spot next to the “coming soon” Robek’s Juice (before that, Juice It Up), a few doors away from Toppers Pizza Place.

Jack’s Donuts originated in 1961 when Jack and Ada Marcum bought Bill’s Donut Shoppe in New Castle, Indiana. He subsequently renamed it Jack’s Donuts and the rest is history.

The closest Jack’s Donuts to Thousand Oaks at the moment is located in South Jordan, Utah, just 713 miles from Thousand Oaks.

www.jacksdonuts.com


California Fish Grill Casual Kitchen Opening Soon at the Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks

FINALLY! GRAND OPENING DATE WILL BE MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021!

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Yes folks, the standalone building previously occupied by Hooters, Fuddruckers and Sizzler at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks will soon have a new occupant - California Fish Grill. This is excellent news for the Conejo Valley, based on my own recent visit to the California Fish Grill in Woodland Hills.

California Fish Grill is a fast-casual type place, where you order at the counter and wait for your order. I was impressed by the large selection of fresh fish, such as salmon, swai (whitefish), ahi, catfish, sea bass and others. I was quite pleasantly surprised by the taste and portions.

So stay tuned! Learn more at www.cafishgrill.com.

ALDI Slated to Open Thousand Oaks Store at Janss Marketplace

ALDI already on Janss MP website!

ALDI already on Janss MP website!

ALDI is slated to open a grocery store at the former Toys R Us location at Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks. ALDI is an abbreviation for Albrecht Diskont, or Albrecht Discount, named after founders Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946.

You may already know that ALDI is the parent company to both Trader Joe's (purchased in 1979) and the ALDI chain. ALDI is one of the world's largest privately-owned companies. There are 2 ALDI stores in Simi Valley.

No opening date set at this time but ALDI is already on the Janss website!

A VISIT TO AN ALDI STORE IN SIMI VALLEY

Barone's Pizza Has Opened a 2nd Conejo Valley Location in the Northstar Plaza in Thousand Oaks

UPDATE 9/27/19; This 2nd location opened at noon today.

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Barone's Pizza is opening a 2nd Conejo Valley location soon at the Northstar Plaza. 1321 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks. in the former Rokabab, a few doors down from Sunland Vintage Winery. Their other, much larger location is on Russell Ranch Road at Lindero in Westlake Village, which opened in April 2015. baronespizzeria.com

Braxton's Kitchen Opened Last Month in Camarillo

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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.

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.

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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.