Newcomers is returning to one of Santa Barbara's newest restaurants and bars. Join us as we return to Bar 29.

Bar 29 opened January 18th this year and is the first restaurant concept of Kourtney and Phil Wright, who also own Whiskey Richards at 435 State St. and The Sportsman at 20 W. Figueroa St.  “Because the businesses that we had were cocktail-only with no food, we noted the trend toward people wanting to eat and drink at the same time,” Kourtney Wright said. “We were ready to do something else.”

On the menu are small plates of “elevated bar food” that include deviled eggs, poutine, polenta with short ribs, wagyu beef sliders and rum raisin rice pudding. “It’s been amazing,” Wright said. “We have been really proud of the food and drinks and the staff.”

The restaurant’s name comes from the atomic number of copper: 29. The bar where patrons sit was already copper, Wright said, and during the one month the location was dark, they removed and replaced the whole back bar with copper.

See you on the 11th. Click here for Directions.