Food & Drink Of course the New New Old Lompoc will never be as good as its predecessor.The tavern opened at 11 am today in the fancy new mixed-use building that sits where the dilapidated old shack that housed the former brewery used to be.It may have the same name, but it's not the same bar.So, yeah, while the New New Old Lompoc (they call it the "Lompoc Tavern") is pretty great, it lacks the mildewed ...   More

Food & Drink New Old Lompoc has signed a lease in the building replacing its current home.One of the last great, gritty bars on NW 23rd Ave., Lompoc will close on April 28. Lompoc will then be smashed to bits so a complex of swishy LEED-certified apartments can be built where the brewpub's yellow walls and mossy roof now (somehow) stand.The buildings next to it have already been turned into a giant ...   More

SCOOP SKINNY KENNY: Because Chef Ken Gordon of Kenny & Zuke’s is now writing a column for The Oregonian about his life as a chef with diabetes, the downtown deli—known for its gut-busting double   More