Tag archives: Carlos Luna

Local News
Montecito Fire Family Friday and Other News
By Montecito Journal   |   October 7, 2025

Montecito Fire Chief Neels honored Montecito Firefighter/Paramedic Carlos Luna, September 12. MFD shares Luna’s story, “Carlos grew up in Michoacán, Mexico. His family moved to Oxnard, CA, when he was 8 years old. Luna played high school and college football, and on the University of Houston Division I team. In 2014, he put his education […]

Food
Flor de Maiz Brings Indigenous Meals with a Twist
By Claudia Schou   |   September 17, 2020

Complex, intriguing, and utterly delicious, Oaxacan cuisine – with its roots in southeastern Mexico, where proud indigenous people fine-tuned the art of Mexican cooking over centuries – is making its way into the hearts (and stomachs) of Santa Barbarans at Flor de Maiz. The latest concept by restaurateur Carlos Luna, the restaurant opened last fall […]

Society
Amaizing Fare
By Richard Mineards   |   March 5, 2020

The Luna-tics were out in force when prolific restaurateur Carlos Luna opened his latest Mexican eatery, Flor de Maiz, on Cabrillo Boulevard, just across from Stearns Wharf. The 140-seat eatery, wedged nicely between the Bluewater Grill and the FisHouse, is named after the flower xochimoyahuatl, when the tribes of pre-Hispanic Mexico venerated corn as the […]