PONY COCKTAILS + KITCHEN

The Best Places to Eat Around the Santa Ynez Valley, According to Eater Editors | Eater LA

"Quaint coffee shop Pony Espresso got a late 2024 rebrand to become Pony Cocktails and Kitchen, which also opened for dinner service in December. During the day, diners can still sidle up to the counter for the familiar espresso drinks, laminated pastries, and brunchy dishes (the vegetable-packed “hungover” hash and sunrise burrito are favorites), as well as for cocktails served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; at night, find dishes like porcini doughnuts with fonduta cream, shrimp diavolo, steak frites, salsa-verde-streaked brick chicken, and branzino a la plancha." - Nicole Adlman