Black Bear Diner Coming to City of Ventura in January 2022

OPENED IN JANUARY 2022

Black Bear Diner is opening its 2nd Ventura County location at 2401 E. Harbor Blvd in Ventura in January 2022. The first Black Bear Diner in Ventura County opened in Simi Valley on May 28, 2019.

Founded in 1995, Black Bear Diner is a fast-growing family restaurant serving home-style comfort food classics at over 110 locations. Breakfast is served all day, including omelettes and scrambles, classic 2-egg combos like chicken fried steak and thick-cut smoked bacon, pancakes, waffles and French toast and other items. Lunch includes burgers, sandwiches, salads and other specialties. Dinner items include a number of down home favorites like Housemade Meatloaf and Slow-Cooked Pot Roast, steaks, chicken and waffle, etc. Learn more at blackbeardiner.com.

Follow the Black Bear Diner (Ventura) Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BlackBearDinerVentura for updates.

Carrow’s Ventura closed in June 2019 - soon to be Black Bear Diner.

The Stand is Coming Soon to the Former Home of Pitfire Pizza in Westlake Village (NOW OPEN)

UPDATE 2/15/22: The Stand Westlake Village opened today.

We got the scoop from Shannon A today that The Stand is “opening soon” at what used to be Pitfire Artisan Pizza at the Westlake Plaza, 980 South Westlake Boulevard in Westlake Village.

The Stand is a popular, growing chain of fast-casual eateries offering traditional American foods - burgers, sandwiches (they call them Standwiches), hot dogs and salads - with non-traditional flavor combinations.

This will be the first Ventura County location of The Stand, as the Westlake Plaza lies firmly in the section of Westlake Village that is part of Thousand Oaks in Ventura County (as opposed to the City of Westlake Village, which is part of Los Angeles County. (Yes, this is confusing, but EXPLAINED HERE.)

Learn more about The Stand at www.thestand.com.

Pitfire Pizza closed at the beginning of the pandemic. It opened its doors on August 2, 2015.

STACKED Thousand Oaks Announced Tonight That It Is Permanently Closed

STACKED Thousand Oaks announced tonight that it will not be reopening after an 18 month closure. Torrance and Cerritos locations also closed permanently. Stacked San Diego will be reopening.

After 18 months, some still held out hope that STACKED at The Oaks mall would be back some day. We now have closure on the matter.

STACKED Thousand Oaks opened on March 20, 2013 across from the Cheesecake Factory at The Oaks. The previous occupant of that space was Buddha’s Belly for about 11 months, and before that, Sisley Italian Kitchen.

Bada Sushi Thousand Oaks Closed in Mid-2015

Bada Sushi was located at 105 Brazil Street in Thousand Oaks, a block east from Moorpark Road and across the road from Janss Marketplace. It closed its doors in mid-2015.

The building is still vacant and looking a bit run down as of October 2021, some six years later. This is a 4,889 square foot freestanding retail building with 45 parking spaces on a .68 acre lot. What’s next? We shall see.