Historic Ojai Hotel Debuts Two Chic Restaurants and a Bar by the Little Dom’s Crew | Eater LA

"Inside Hotel El Roblar, this 100-seat California-Mexican restaurant is built for sharing, with a menu rooted in California’s history and melding Old World and Mexican techniques and ingredients. The kitchen cooks over live oak on a Santa Maria Grill, imparting smoke to king oyster mushrooms with mole verde, carne asada, chicken asado, a Veracruz-style vermillion snapper, and pork ribs al pastor served with green papaya–pineapple slaw and miso pineapple butter. Starters range from jicama salad and oysters to a wild shrimp coctel de camaron with chiles, avocado, cucumber, and local tomatoes, with sides like sautéed chayote and refried pinto beans enriched with chicken fat and chicharron. Tortillas are made in-house from Kernel of Truth’s organic masa, with an in-progress nixtamal program, and the restaurant operates daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m." - Mona Holmes