A new restaurant called Monte’s has opened on Coast Village Road in Montecito, marking the first California project from Endwell Hospitality. The restaurant is located at 1198 Coast Village Road, the former home of Bar Lou, Oliver’s, and Peabody’s, and centers its menu around produce grown at Rincon Hill Farm in Carpinteria, along with seafood and meats sourced from the Central Coast. Executive Chef Daniel Kim leads the kitchen and developed the menu in coordination with the farm team, with dishes changing based on what is available seasonally. “When you’re involved with the farm from the beginning, it changes how you think about food,” Kim said. “Seasonality and biodiversity shape everything we do.”
The menu includes items such as prawn toast, maitake mushrooms, roasted cabbage,…..