UPDATE
The mystery of the red shoe has been solved. The folks who installed the giant stiletto alongside Highway 101 have been getting a kick out of all the news reports….
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FOOD STUFF
••• Crushcakes’s wine bar spinoff has opened (above).
••• Cajé’s second State Street café soft-opened over the weekend.
••• Santa Barbara moves toward further regulating alcohol sales.
••• In-N-Out’s fry boat pool float.
••• El Pastorcito’s Noleta restaurant has closed.
••• More on the plans for regenerative farming at Jalama Canyon Ranch.
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GUESSING GAME
Congratulations to Heather Taylor for correctly identifying the location of last week’s Where in Santa Barbara…?
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The San Marcos Foothills fundraising drive got an extension.
••• Orangetheory’s Santa Barbara studio is finally about to open.
••• Channel Islands National Park seeks public comment on a new campground.
••• Revised design for the big apartment complex on Milpas Street.
••• Pop-up shop selling local goods coming to State Street.
••• “Where in Santa Barbara…?” answer.
••• Anyone know an irrigation specialist?
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