••• Silvergreens Cafe, in the Amazon building at State Street and Carrillo Street, opened yesterday. From the press release:
In 1995, shortly after graduating from UC Santa Barbara, Ferro co-founded Silvergreens in Isla Vista, creating what would become one of the first salad-focused restaurant concepts anywhere in the world. More than three decades later, the pioneering local brand is entering an exciting new chapter with the launch of Silvergreens Cafe; a reimagined hybrid of grab-and-go dining combined with the warmth of a neighborhood café [….] Silvergreens Cafe will serve breakfast and lunch daily from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., offering a curated menu of fresh salads, wraps, soups, sandwiches, breakfast items, and healthy snack boxes. […] Grab thoughtfully pre-packaged meals for life on-the-go or choose to have select items heated and served on dine-in plateware inside the café or at outdoor sidewalk seating.
Online ordering isn’t available yet, but you can get a sense of the menu here (and some screenshots below).
••• The California Wine Festival is July 17-18 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Participating wineries include “Alma Rosa, Aperture Cellars, Brick Barn Wine Estate, Caymus Vineyards, Cakebread Cellars, Trefethen Family Vineyards, Williams Selyem and dozens more from California’s premier wine regions.”…