Pea Soup Andersen's Buellton and the valley's other closed, moved and renamed places

What's closed, moved or renamed? At a glance

Is Mirabelle Inn open?

Closed for renovation; relaunching as Solvang Haus. Solvang (409 1st Street) · Closed now; the inn gives a late 2026 timeline

Mirabelle Inn's own site says it is "now under full renovation" and "will be relaunching as Solvang Haus under new ownership and management." It lists the timeline as late 2026, says bookings are currently unavailable, and promises soundproofing, smart TVs and kitchenettes when it returns. No reopening date is published.

Go here instead: Book another small hotel near the park: The Winston (14 rooms, a minute's walk from Solvang Park) or King Frederik Inn (2 minutes). All 19 are in our Solvang hotels guide.

Source: Mirabelle Inn, renovation notice

Is High Roller Tiki Lounge in Solvang still open?

Closed for good. Solvang (433 Alisal Road) · Closed Oct 25, 2026

Solvang's tiki bar, which made tiki drinks with wine and liquor alternatives rather than spirits, has closed. Its website now says: "As of Oct 25, 2026 we have permanently closed our business," and stays up only to sell merchandise and wine. Some tour pages and directories still list it.

Go here instead: For a drink after dark, the Vaquero Bar at Coast Range pours until midnight every night. All options: bars in Solvang and Solvang nightlife.

Source: High Roller Tiki Lounge, home page (checked Oct 26, 2026)

Is First & Oak in Solvang still open?

Not reopening. Solvang (inside Mirabelle Inn) · Closed with the inn; confirmed Oct 2026

First & Oak was the restaurant inside Mirabelle Inn. The inn's renovation notice says it plainly: "The on-site restaurant will not be reopening." Old listings, Instagram posts and some AI assistants still recommend it.

Go here instead: For a booked dinner a few blocks away, try The Gathering Table (shareable plates, dinner nightly from 5pm, per its site), Mad & Vin at The Landsby or Coast Range. More in Solvang restaurants.

Source: Mirabelle Inn, renovation notice

Is Pea Soup Andersen's in Buellton still open?

Restaurant closed; cleared for partial demolition. The inn next door is open. Buellton (376 Avenue of Flags) · Closed January 2024; demolition approved July 9, 2026

The restaurant closed without warning in January 2024, months before its 100th anniversary, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. On Thursday, July 9, 2026, the Buellton City Council voted 5-0 to remove the property's city landmark status (Resolution 26-22), which lets the owner tear down most of the complex. The two-story 1928 Bueltmore Hotel section stays, and the signs, stained-glass windows and Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee artwork are to be salvaged. When the Chronicle reported the vote on July 14, no demolition date had been set; on August 9, 2026, the Santa Barbara News-Press still described the "deteriorated and vandalized iconic former restaurant," with the vote "clearing the way for most of its removal." We haven't found a published report that demolition has started. Pea Soup Andersen's Inn, the 98-room hotel next door at 51 E. Hwy 246, is a separate business and says it is "open as usual." The other Pea Soup Andersen's, in Santa Nella on I-5, was still open when NPR covered the closure in January 2024.

Go here instead: Lunch in Buellton: Industrial Eats or Hitching Post 2 for dinner. To stay, Pea Soup Andersen's Inn is open and serves a free breakfast with Danish pastries. All options: Buellton restaurants.

Sources: San Francisco Chronicle, "Pea Soup Andersen's cleared for demolition" (Jul 14, 2026) · Santa Barbara News-Press, Buellton Avenue of Flags plans (Aug 9, 2026) · Noozhawk, Buellton council talks demolition (Jul 10, 2026) · Santa Maria Times, Resolution 26-22 (Jul 2026) · Pea Soup Andersen's Inn, "open as usual" notice · NPR, Santa Nella location still open (Jan 25, 2024)

What happened to Succulent Café in Solvang?

Closed; the space is now The Gathering Table. Solvang (1555 Mission Drive) · Closed 2022; Campo del Sol 2022–2023; The Gathering Table since July 2024

Two stories circulate about this space, and both are true, in order. The family-run Succulent Café closed in 2022. The team behind Coast Range took the keys on August 15, 2022 and opened Campo del Sol, a Mexican restaurant with a cantina-style bar, that September. Siteline reported Campo del Sol "indefinitely closed" in August 2023. Chef Budi Kazali, formerly of the Ballard Inn, then reopened his Gathering Table here, with a soft opening on July 27 and 28, 2024 (Noozhawk). The Gathering Table's own site says it revived the restaurant "in the space of the former Succulent Café."

Go here instead: Go to The Gathering Table: dinner Sunday to Thursday 5pm–9pm, Friday and Saturday to 9:30pm, and brunch Saturday and Sunday 10am–2pm, per its site.

Sources: The Gathering Table, About · Santa Maria Sun, Campo del Sol opens (Sept 2022) · santabarbara.com, Campo del Sol opens Sept 9 (Sept 12, 2022) · Siteline, Campo del Sol "indefinitely closed" (Aug 7, 2023) · Noozhawk, Kazali opens new Gathering Table (Aug 3, 2024)

Is The Bear and Star in Los Olivos still open?

Closed; the space is now Nella Kitchen & Bar. Los Olivos (Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, 2860 Grand Avenue) · Opened May 2017; closed end of 2019; Nella opened September 2020

The Bear and Star was the Fess Parker family's "refined ranch cuisine" restaurant inside the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, with chef John Cox and beef from the family ranch. Ashley Parker Snider announced in October 2019 that it would close at the end of that year (Santa Barbara Independent; santabarbara.com). The team behind S.Y. Kitchen opened Nella Kitchen & Bar in the space in September 2020, and the inn's own site now lists dining at Nella. Before The Bear and Star, the same room housed Petros, Restaurant Marcella and Wine Cask, per santabarbara.com. Petros now runs a separate winery and restaurant on Foxen Canyon Road.

Go here instead: Go to Nella Kitchen & Bar, daily from 11:30am, or Petros Winery & Restaurant, Thursday to Sunday. All options: Los Olivos restaurants.

Sources: Santa Barbara Independent, "The Bear and Star Closing" (Oct 15, 2019) · santabarbara.com, The Bear and Star closing (Oct 29, 2019) · santabarbara.com, Nella opens at Fess Parker Wine Country Inn (Sep 14, 2020) · Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, Our Inn

Is Sides Hardware & Shoes in Los Olivos still open?

Closed; Bar Le Côte is now at this address. Los Olivos (2375 Alamo Pintado Avenue) · Opened April 2012; closed February 2020

The Nichols brothers' Los Olivos restaurant closed for good in February 2020. Their message read: "We regret to inform our beloved guests of Sides' permanent closure" (santabarbara.com, Mar 2, 2020). Its old website is still online with lunch and dinner hours, which is why some assistants still recommend it. The address, 2375 Alamo Pintado Avenue, is now Bar Le Côte.

Go here instead: Book Bar Le Côte at the same address (seafood, Wednesday to Sunday). All options: Los Olivos restaurants.

Sources: santabarbara.com, "Sides Hardware and Shoes closes" (Mar 2, 2020) · Siteline, Sides Hardware & Shoes has closed (Mar 2, 2020) · Bar Le Côte, official site

Is Samantha's in Lompoc still open?

Closed; the site is now Super Grill. Lompoc (910 North H Street) · Super Grill moved in, 2015

Samantha's opened in 2010, and the Lompoc Record called it the Central Coast's first Filipino restaurant. It has closed. In July 2015 the Lompoc Record reported that the Super Grill taco truck was "moving to the old Samantha's Filipino American Diner site" at 910 North H Street. Some directories still list Samantha's.

Go here instead: For Filipino food in Lompoc, see Sarrrap in our Lompoc restaurants guide.

Source: Lompoc Record, "Super Grill prepares to move into fixed location" (Jul 31, 2015)

Where is the Brewer-Clifton tasting room now?

Public tasting room is in Los Olivos; Lompoc winery by appointment only. Moved from Lompoc to Los Olivos · Los Olivos room opened March 2018

For years Brewer-Clifton poured only at its by-appointment winery in Lompoc. In March 2018 it opened a tasting room in downtown Los Olivos (Santa Maria Times). Today that room, at 2367 Alamo Pintado Avenue, is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am–5pm, appointments preferred and walk-ins welcome. The Lompoc winery hosts only private tastings, by appointment, with "a gracious request for a six-bottle minimum purchase per household," per Brewer-Clifton's site.

Go here instead: Taste in Los Olivos. In Lompoc, walk the Wine Ghetto instead.

Sources: Brewer-Clifton, Visit · Santa Maria Times, "There's a new tasting room in town: Brewer Clifton" (2018)

Can you taste Pali Wine Co. in Lompoc?

Wine Ghetto tasting room closed; tastings by request at the winery. Lompoc (1501 E. Chestnut Court) · Closed after the January 2025 expansion

In January 2025 Pali took over its whole Lompoc winery building and closed its 1501 E. Chestnut Court tasting room in the Wine Ghetto, the Santa Maria Sun reported in July 2025. Pali's site now offers cellar tours and guided tastings at the winery, 1034 W. Aviation Drive, about 90 minutes with light bites; you call or email for a date. Its walk-in tasting rooms are in Santa Barbara's Funk Zone, San Diego and Anaheim.

Go here instead: For walk-in tasting in Lompoc, use our Wine Ghetto route map.

Sources: Pali Wine Co., The Winery · Santa Maria Sun, Pali triples its space and moves tastings (Jul 17, 2025)

Where do you taste Foley Estates wine?

No public tasting at the estate; pop-ups at Lincourt. Highway 246, Lompoc · As of Oct 2026

Foley's own site lists the estate address on Highway 246 but says tastings "are available on Saturdays & Sundays at Lincourt Vineyards during wine club pick-up windows." Don't drive to the estate for a tasting.

Go here instead: Lincourt Vineyards, 1711 Alamo Pintado Road near Solvang, is open daily 11am–5pm for its own flights ($35): see Lincourt.

Sources: Foley Estates, Visit · Lincourt Vineyards, Wine Tasting

What happened to Casa Dumetz?

Renamed Clementine Carter Wines. Los Alamos (388 Bell Street) · 2024

Same winemaker, same Bell Street room, new name. Owner Sonja Magdevski explains the change in "What's in a name?" on the winery's site: "Welcome to Clementine Carter ... Nothing will change except the name." The Santa Barbara Independent ran her essay in May 2024. It shares the building with Babi's Beer Emporium.

Go here instead: See Clementine Carter in our Los Alamos tasting guide.

Sources: Clementine Carter Wines, "What's in a name?" · Santa Barbara Independent, "Why I Changed the Name of My Winery" (May 24, 2024)

What happened to the Royal Scandinavian Inn?

Renamed Hotel Corque in 2009; now Corque Hotel, a Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel. Solvang (400 Alisal Road) · Renamed January 2009; Marriott since July 2025

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians bought Solvang's largest hotel in 2007 and renamed it Hotel Corque in January 2009 during a full remodel (Lompoc Record). It was the base for the Discovery Channel cycling team, formerly the U.S. Postal team, at its January camps: in 2007 the Lompoc Record wrote that team members "stay in the Royal Scandinavian Inn." In July 2025 the tribe announced Corque had joined Marriott Bonvoy's Tribute Portfolio.

Go here instead: It's the same hotel: see Hotel Corque in our Solvang hotels guide.

Sources: Lompoc Record, "Solvang hotel's new name, identity unveiled" (Jan 7, 2009) · Lompoc Record, "Some familiar ground for Discovery, Lance" (Jan 29, 2007) · Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Corque joins Tribute Portfolio (Jul 17, 2025)

Is the Meadowlark Inn in Solvang open?

Renovated and renamed Hotel Ynez. Solvang (2644 Mission Drive) · Bought by Nomada Hotel Group in 2019

Hotel Ynez's own history page says it "was a humble motor lodge originally known as the Meadowlark Inn," bought by Nomada Hotel Group in 2019 and rebuilt around a garden. A third-party booking site still sells a "Meadowlark Inn" at the same address. Book through the hotel's own site.

Go here instead: See Hotel Ynez (22 rooms, 21-and-over pool, dogs $50 per stay).

Source: Hotel Ynez, About

What's still open that people think closed?

Two answers. Pea Soup Andersen's Inn in Buellton is open, and says so on its homepage. Hotel Corque is the old Royal Scandinavian Inn under a new name. If a listing gives an address on Mission Drive, 1st Street or Bell Street that doesn't match this page, check the business's own site before you drive.

How we check, and how to report a closure

We take each status from the business's own website first, then from regional press (Noozhawk, the Santa Maria Times and Lompoc Record, the Santa Maria Sun, the San Francisco Chronicle, Siteline). Directory sites and review sites are only leads; we never repeat their ratings or reviews. A rumored closure stays off this page until a business or a reporter confirms it. Spot one we missed? Tell us and we'll check it.

Good to know

Is Mirabelle Inn in Solvang open? No. As of Oct 17, 2026, Mirabelle Inn's site says it is under full renovation and will relaunch as Solvang Haus under new ownership, with a late 2026 timeline. Bookings are unavailable. The Winston and King Frederik Inn are the closest small hotels to Solvang Park.

Is First & Oak in Solvang still open? No. First & Oak was the restaurant inside Mirabelle Inn, and the inn says the on-site restaurant will not reopen. For dinner nearby, The Gathering Table, Mad & Vin and Coast Range all take reservations.

Has Pea Soup Andersen's been torn down? Buellton approved demolition of most of the complex on July 9, 2026, keeping the 1928 Bueltmore Hotel section. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on July 14 that no demolition date had been set, and we haven't found a report that work has started.

What happened to Succulent Café in Solvang? It closed in 2022. Campo del Sol, a Mexican restaurant from the Coast Range team, opened in the space that September and closed in 2023. Chef Budi Kazali reopened The Gathering Table there in July 2024.

Can you still taste Brewer-Clifton or Pali wines in Lompoc? Only by appointment. Brewer-Clifton's public tasting room is in Los Olivos, and its Lompoc winery does private tastings. Pali closed its Wine Ghetto room in 2025 and offers guided tastings at its winery by request.

What was Hotel Corque called before? The Royal Scandinavian Inn. The Chumash tribe bought it in 2007 and renamed it Hotel Corque in January 2009. It is now Corque Hotel, Solvang, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel, on Marriott.

Quick answers

Is Pea Soup Andersen's in Buellton still open?

The restaurant isn't. It closed in January 2024. Pea Soup Andersen's Inn next door is a separate hotel and is open. A separate Pea Soup Andersen's in Santa Nella, on I-5, was still open in 2024, per NPR.