Bluewater
Grill Opens March 12 on the Santa Barbara Beachfront
By FBWorld Team
Bluewater
Grill Santa Barbara opens March 12 on the Santa
Barbara beachfront as the newest Central Coast destination
for the freshest sustainable seafood, monthly chef's tastings,
local winery pours and neighborhood happy hours.
Bluewater
Grill Santa Barbara will serve lunch, dinner and small
plates daily on two floors of a rebuilt historic lighthouse
structure at the foot of Stearn's Wharf previously occupied
by Rusty's Pizza and the Castagnola Lobster House. Features
of the elaborately reconstructed building include an oyster
bar, dining counter overlooking an open kitchen and an
upstairs dining patio and inside/outside bar offering
spectacular beach views, Santa Barbara County wine flights
and locally caught seafood purchased directly from local
commercial fisherman.
Leaders
in sustainability, owners Richard Staunton, James Ulcickas
and a group of local investors will source much of their
seafood and shellfish from area fisherman as part of a
long-term commitment to sustainability certification by
the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other organizations. Staunton
and Ulcickas regularly fish the Channel Islands from the
restaurant's Pilikia swordfish harpoon boat to humanely
catch pristine-quality swordfish.
"We've
been working to bring our message of seafood sustainability
to Santa Barbara for more than a decade, and are delighted
this day is almost here," said Ulcickas. "Since
all of us in the Bluewater family are fans of the sea,
it is in our best interests to preserve the wonders of
fresh seafood, both simply grilled and in expert chef's
creations, for future generations."
Bluewater Grill Santa Barbara is supporting Round
it Up America, a nonprofit organization that
encourages restaurant patrons across the country to "round-up"
their purchases to the newest dollar to support local
causes including Thomas Fire and Flood relief.
"All
of us in the Bluewater family look forward to doing what
we can in 2018 to come alongside residents, firefighters
and others in our local community impacted by the disasters,"
said Ulcickas.
Bluewater Crab Plate
Chanel
Ducharme, former chef de cuisine at the Hungry Cat in
Santa Barbara, is executive chef, and Colin Lohenry, part
of the team at the original Bluewater Grill in Newport
Beach's Cannery Village, is Bluewater Grill Santa Barbara
general manager.
Reflecting its setting in Santa Barbara's historic Waterfront,
adjacent to the Funk Zone, Bluewater Grill Santa Barbara
blends an upscale coastal casual theme with subtle references
to the founders' ties to the Central Coast. The restaurant
will regularly reprint its lunch and dinner menus to be
able showcase up to 40 varieties of fresh seafood annually,
and offers a kid's menu certified by the National
Restaurant Association's Kids LiveWell program
and a weekday small plates menu of $4, $6 and $8 drink
and appetizer specials.
An
expected highlight is a year-long calendar of seasonal
seafood specials and monthly Chef's Tasting events pairing
seafood with hand-selected wines, sakes or specialty draught
beers. Hosted the second Tuesday of every month, the events
have become a popular monthly diversion for local seafood
aficionados in other Bluewater neighborhoods.
Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara
Bluewater
Grill Santa Barbara will open at 11am daily for lunch
and dinner, and close at 10pm Sunday through Thursday,
and 11pm on Friday and Saturday. For information on menus,
seasonal specials, tastings, events and promotions, visit
the restaurant's constantly expanding web
and Facebook
pages.
About
the Bluewater Family of Seafood Restaurants
Bluewater Grill serves the freshest sustainably caught
or farm-harvested seafood, innovatively prepared, in an
atmosphere of casual style and at a surprisingly affordable
price.
In
addition to the original location in Newport's Cannery
Village, there are Bluewater Grills at King Harbor in
Redondo Beach, in the Camelback neighborhood of central
Phoenix and in Temecula Wine Country in Southern California's
Inland Empire. As part of the company's commitment to
one-of-a-kind settings, Bluewater Avalon and Bluewater
Boathouse Seafood Grill serve locally caught seafood from
two of Southern California's most picturesque locations:
over the water on Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island,
and in the former Hotel del Coronado boathouse on Coronado
Island in San Diego, respectively.
Bluewater
founders opened a seventh restaurant in Carlsbad Village
and on the Santa Barbara beachfront in November 2017 and
March 2018, respectively.
For
details, go to www.bluewatergrill.com
or visit us on Twitter or Instagram. Each Bluewater restaurant
also has its own Facebook page for restaurant-specific
menu offers, recipes, events and local happenings.
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