Seoulmate Kitchen, a Korean fusion restaurant and café, soft-launched at Santa Barbara Public Market on Sunday, July 11, 2025. The restaurant operated between 8:30 and 9 pm. It served breakfast, lunch, and dinner, in addition to operating as a café between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm on the day of the soft launch.
Highlights
- A Korean fusion eatery soft-launched at Santa Barbara Public Market on Sunday, July 11, 2025.
- The restaurant menu features dishes inspired by Korea and Asia, while the café menu offers artisanal, small-batch Korean café fare.
- The Grand opening for the eatery is scheduled for the weekend of July 18, 2025.
Among the many dishes served during the pre-launch were a range of K-fusion and Asian-inspired eats, such as eggy wraps and bulgogi rice bowls, and drinks such as Viet Coconut Coffee and Iced Yuzu Matcha Fizz. Other specialty offerings include milky cloud cake for dessert and fiery Seoul Fire Wings…