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April 12, 2026

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Newsletter: April 12

April 12, 2026|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Yet another new restaurant in Carpinteria.
••• Validation is setting up shop at The Shop.
••• Monte’s weekly farmstand.
••• Profiles of Bodega Flower Girl and Chocolate Maya.
••• The Grand on State has soft-opened.
••• Plenty on Bell is under new ownership.
••• The Natural Coast Wine Festival is coming up.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Land magic in the heart of Riven Rock; a winner in Birnam Wood; Mediterranean across from Hendry’s Beach; butch Tuscan on E. Mountain Drive; project near Cold Spring School; 1923 Upper East colonial; quite the catio on the Lower Riviera; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara is closer to limiting rent increases.
••• ICE arrests at county jails.
••• Calle Cesar Chavez headed toward renaming.
••• The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum has closed.
••• Montecito water and sewage districts might merge.
••• Fundraising drive for Elings Park softball complex.
••• The Pea Soup Andersen’s building conundrum.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Just Listed

  • Land Magic in the Heart of Riven Rock
  • 1920 Estate on a Hunky Chunk of Padaro Lane
  • Classic Montecito Compound Resuscitated in Style
  • Storybook Mini-Compound in a Prime Montecito Location
  • Megaterranean on 10 Acres in Carpinteria’s Rancho Monte Alegre

Recent Comments

because they taste really really good — Rich

Cute pantry items and shop but cases and cases of dead animals on display... no thanks. Why do people still eat animals?? "Sustainably raised", it's… — Jenna

sounds great to me! — matthew

The Santa Barbara City Council's proposed "rent stabilization ordinance" should be called a "rent reduction ordinance" since it mandates that rent increases will be well… — Donald

Bodega Flower Girl has the best prepared food-so fresh and healthy!! — cher

But does this bodega have a cat? — T. Schumacher

Did Zaca Lake get new owners? A new fictitious business statement says an llc out of Torrance / a Mr Damir Pevec on the llc — Christine!

The locked green pole thing is a municipal water testing station. — Emma M

Interesting how all these kitchens look dated, even the ones that seem to have been done recently (though once the rage, the all black cabinet… — Jilt

JRMarks, I couldn't agree with you more! That building is a hot mess. — the Bourbaki

Restaurant News

  • Yet Another New Restaurant in Carpinteria
  • Brass Bird Has Opened in San Roque
  • The Name of the Upper Village’s Next New Restaurant
  • Opening Date for the Bar/Shop Called Beau
  • A New Restaurant Space in Carpinteria

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Walk With Me

  • The Manifold Splendors of Mid-State
  • The Westmontish Region of Montecito
  • The Arty Heart of Downtown Santa Barbara
  • A Five-Block Adventure in Downtown Ventura
  • East Meets West on Mountain Drive
  • On Summerland’s Western Fringe
  • Higher Education on the Mesa

Burning Questions

  • Why Did the Rosewood Miramar Beach Install Gates?
  • How Long Will This Big Pipe Be at East Beach?
  • Is Cabrillo Boulevard Going to Be Widened Under Highway 101?
  • Was There a Fisherman Inn in Downtown Santa Barbara?
  • What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
  • When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
  • What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?

Get Out of Town

  • From Vietnam With… Ambivalence
  • The City That Never Spits
  • The Original Sim City
  • That’s Life in Death Valley
  • An Old West Town in Wine Country
  • The Glorious Isolation of Santa Barbara Island
  • Hiking From Hotel to Hotel in the Dolomites
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