FOOD STUFF
••• La Paloma Cafe and Teru open this week—here’s a first look at the menus for both restaurants.
••• Mochi doughnut maker ramping up this week.
••• More on the new Yona Redz taqueria.
••• Marvelously packaged Beato Chocolates from Ojai.
→ Read the post.
·················
NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Burglaries at beach parking lots and trailheads.
••• Los Angeles County to pause outdoor dining.
••• Curfew instituted for Santa Barbara County.
••• Vandenberg Air Force Base didn’t make the U.S. Space Command cut.
••• Bike-sharing enrollment kiosks to be nine feet tall.
••• $51 million in new financing for Kate Farms.
→ Read the post.
·················
HOT PROPERTY
The week’s notable sales include a quick and profitable flip in the Hedgerow, a Mediterranean villa high up the hill, a pretty renovation on the Riviera, a 1920 George Washington Smith house, and 55 acres off Highway 154.
·················
ODDS & ENDS
••• Upcoming auction of 207-acre oceanfront lot.
••• The renovation of Lookout Park’s east end is complete.
••• Sullivan Goss’s popular annual “100 Grand” show opens next week.
••• Help remove “non-native noxious weeds” from the frontcountry.
→ Read the post.
·················
WALK WITH ME
Let’s explore Coast Village Circle, where Montecito gets down to business.
·················
Please forward this to anyone who might enjoy it. Click here to subscribe.
·················
Recent Comments
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo