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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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