BizHawk: Secret Bao Owners Bringing Two New Concepts to Santa Barbara Waterfront

The secret is out. The owners of Secret Bao are bringing two new concepts to the former Bluewater Grill spot on the Santa Barbara waterfront next year. The takeover of the beachfront spot does not mean the popular Asian fusion restaurant is relocating from 1201 Anacapa St., despite online rumors, co-owner Felicia Medina told Noozhawk. Instead, the waterfront restaurant at 15 E. Cabrillo Blvd. will feature a New American concept downstairs and a sushi bar upstairs, Medina said. “We are very excited, very anxious,” she said. The New American concept, to be named Alder, “like the wood,” will be Napa-style and serve up “elevated comfort food,” Medina said. The sushi handroll part of the restaurant will be called Nori Club and will feel like a “beach club vibe” with beachfront views. “It’s almost like a tucked-away hiding sushi bar upstairs,” Medina said. Medina and her husband and co-owner, Peter Lee, have hosted pop-ups for the new concepts intermittently.

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