••• The grand opening of the Goleta location of Drover’s Doughnuts—at 5745 Calle Real, most recently a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf—is January 17. The company also has shops in Buellton and Solvang.
••• Exciting news in Carpinteria: Peter and Caroline Hernandez are opening Coyotes Market in the former Carp Kitchen space on Carpinteria Avenue. Look for it this spring. From Caroline:
We’re lucky enough to be partnering with Motley Crew for all of our meat and seafood sourcing. We’re sourcing as much of the meat and seafood from the Central Coast as possible, and the majority from California. We’ll also be carrying pantry staples and kitchenwares, also sourced as locally as possible, with all of those items from California. On top of that, we’ll also carry a selection of kitchen knives. As we want to make sure we’re offering the community the finest knives available, those will be sourced from both local makers and renowned knife makers from Japan, Germany, and the greater U.S…