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Update 1/18/13: The Newbury Park Drive Thru Starbucks opened today.
Update 1/10/13: Starbucks employees indicated today that the drive-thru Starbucks across the parking lot will be opening on January 17th! Next to it is a Sprint store (there's also a Verizon store and AT&T store at The Village at Newbury Park.
Subsequent Update: Village Fish Market closed in the September 2013 time frame. Ouch, that wasn't very long.
Update 1/14/13: Village Fish Market and Restaurant has been open now for about a week!
Published 11/30/12: In April 2012 The Summit at Calabasas announced that Village Fish Market and Restaurant signed a lease to occupy a 5,455 sq ft space later this year. The Market/Restaurant will feature fresh fish items, sandwiches, salads and oysters.
The Summit at Calabasas is located at the corner of Lost Hills Road and Agoura Road. Visit The Summit at Calabasas Facebook page HERE. Village Fish Market is located at the southwest corner of The Summit, just west of Wolf Creek Brewing Co.
Many years ago I used to enjoy Olga's Kitchen, located at 593 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, between Baja Fresh and El Pollo Loco. To my disappointment, Olga's closed, and subsquently Fit 2b Thai restaurant opened in its place.
My wife and kids enjoyed Fit 2b Thai. The food was ok to me but I just could never get over the use of the number 2 and b in place of "To Be" in the name of the place. Something unsettling about it to someone as obsessive over words as me (not that I'm God's gift to spelling or anything).
To be honest though, I'm a fan of pretty much any Thai food. So Fit 2b Thai was all right in my book.
But I digress. All this is a moot point now, because Fit 2b Thai closed its doors sometime apparently in the last part of December 2012 or very early 2013 time frame. Yes, the space is for lease again.
Olga's, are you reading this? There are no Olga's outside of Michigan and Illinois at the moment. Come back out here!
Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt has operated stores in five locations in recent years, including two in Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Newbury Park and Agoura Hills, giving it significant presence among the 80 or so frozen yogurt, ice cream, gelato and other frozen treat establishments in Ventura County. With disappointment however we note that the Agoura Hills location on Kanan Road closed on January 1st and the Newbury Park location on Wendy Drive closed today, January 15th. Visit www.goldenspoon.com/golden-spoon-stores for other Golden Spoon locations.
Speaking of frozen yogurt in Newbury Park, Swirl Frozen Yogurt Bar at The Village at Dos Vientos Ranch is anticipated to open sometime soon.
Farewell Newbury Park Golden Spoon
The newest park in the Conejo Valley is the Del Prado Playfield, located on, most logically, on Calle del Prado between Via Rio and Via Las Brisas in the Dos Vientos section of Newbury Park. The park is located around the corner from Sycamore Canyon School and The Village at Dos Vientos, and within walking distance, about a half a mile, of Cypress Elementary via Kimber Drive/Via Rio.
This is a 26 acre park with a nice variety of things to do, including a unique playground area, 3 lighted softball fields with plenty of soccer space, basketball court, tennis court, two pickleball courts, plenty of walkways and, the holy grail of local parks, clean restrooms! There is also lots of available parking, well over 100 spots. Visit the Conejo Recreation and Park District website at www.crpd.org/parkfac/parklisting.asp for more information.
One of the more unique looking playgrounds around town. Never quite figured out what those green thingys are overhead but cool to look at!
Like many local parks, Del Prado has a separate play area geared towards 5 and under.
Pickleball. Yes, pickleball. Apparently one of the fastest growing sports in the country. I don't have a clue how to play just yet but a couple in what I'd estimate were in their 50s were playing on one of the 2 pickleball courts when I stopped by. Rackets looked like handball rackets and the ball looked somewhat like a whiffle ball that bounces on the court (which is roughly half the size of a tennis court). That's all I got for now on Pickleball but my interest is sparked and may have to actually learn how to play now.
The grassy areas were quite brown on the large expanse of fields but I suspect they will be greening up a bit as we get towards Spring/Summer 2013.
Thousand Oaks - Man Climbs Through Roof and Robs Check Cashing Business
According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, on Thursday, January 10th at about 9 a.m., a robbery occurred at Conejo Check Cashing, located at 2454 W. Hillcrest Drive in Newbury Park in the Hillcrest Plaza. The suspect forced his way through the roof of the location, which dropped him into a secured area of the business.
The robbery occurred during business hours while the clerk was helping customers. The suspect confronted the clerk and demanded money from the business. The suspect fled the area with an undisclosed amount of money.
The clerk was able to escape during the robbery and was not seriously injured.
Thousand Oaks Police detectives are asking anyone with information about the crime to contact Detective Todd Welty at (805) 494-8224.
Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE LOWDOWN ON BURGERS AROUND TOWN!
Umami Burger in Thousand Oaks
Heaven to some is a Tommy's Burger!
Five Guys Burger
In-N-Out Burger
The Johnny Rockets (formerly) located at 5015 Cornell Road in Agoura Hills closed its doors on December 3, 2012. This is the second Johnny Rockets in the Conejo Valley to shut down during 2012, following closure of The Oaks Mall location early in the year.
This leaves us with a total of zero Conejo Valley Johnny Rockets. However, there are still two other local Johnny Rockets locations: at The Promenade section of the Camarillo Premium Outlets and the other at The Commons at Calabasas.
One thing to note for Johnny Rockets and movie fans is that both of these locations currently offer a "Movie and a Meal" deal. Buy a regular entree and drink and you can purchase a discounted movie ticket at the Edwards Camarillo Palace Stadium 12 and Edwards Calabasas Stadium 6 near each location. For example, at the Camarillo Johnny Rockets, they will sell you a movie ticket for $7.50, saving $3 off of a regular adult movie ticket of $10.50. At the Calabasas location, they currently sell movie tickets for $7.75, saving you nearly $5 off tickets normally priced up to $12.50.
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