La Paloma Cafe adds weekday lunch service

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

La Paloma Cafe is now open for lunch on some weekdays, starting today.

Lunch is now served between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays at the restaurant at 705 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara.

Executive Chef Jeremy Tummel has created a menu inspired by Baja California and the barbecue traditions of Santa Maria.

Chef Tummel is presenting his signature Burnt Ends Bowl with barbecued beef brisket and tritip, pinquito beans, red chili rice, jack cheese, cilantro slaw and dark coffee barbecue sauce.

Other entrees include the Chicken Bowl with pulled Mary’s chicken baked with queso fresco and herbs, green chili cheese hominy casserole, red rice and red chili sauce.

There’s also the BBQ Pork Bowl with pinquito beans, red chili rice, pepper jack, Caesar slaw and hot mustard barbecue sauce.

For an extra $1, any of the entrees can be prepared as a burrito.

There are also Crispy Fish Tacos with shredded white cabbage, pico de gallo, chipotle crema and black beans. You can also choose the Wagyu Tri-Tip Torta with horseradish sauce.

The lunch menu also features starters such as Paloma Guacamole with chips and radish and Vegetable Pozole Verde and salads such as the Ranchero Salad and Power Salad.

Beverages and cocktails by Jorge Báez include La Paloma’s Bloody Maria with tequila, tomato, horseradish, dijon and celery salt, and Bloody Mary with the same ingredients except it’s vodka instead of tequila.

My Tia features rum, mezcal, lemon and cava. Spiked Horchata includes Cruzan rum and housemade horchata.

For more information, go to www.lapalomasb.com or call the restaurant at 805-966-7029.

email: dmason@newspress.com

Santa Maria resident on Dean’s List

Jordan Rullamas of Santa Maria has been named to the Champlain College Dean’s List for the fall semester. Students on the Dean’s List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, not-for-profit, private college in Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland.

— Katherine Zehnder

Shelters seek homes for pets

Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets. For more information, go to these websites:

• Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc.

• Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats.org. ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb.org. BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Companion Animal Placement

Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook.com/capaoflompoc.

CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc.

• K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare. org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.)

• Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/ phd/animal/home.sbc.

• Santa Barbara Humane (with campuses in Goleta and Santa Maria), sbhumane.org.

• Santa Maria Animal Center, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc. The center is part of Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

• Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/DAWG in Buellton, syvhumane.org.

• Shadow’s Fund (a pet sanctuary in Lompoc), shadowsfund.org.

• Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals in Lompoc: vivashelter. org.