WALK WITH ME
With its narrow lanes, lush landscaping, and scrumptious houses, Montecito’s Hedgerow neighborhood is like something out of a fairy tale. Let’s walk.
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FOOD NEWS
••• Two Stearns Wharf restaurants are for sale.
••• L.A. meal-kit service launching event space in the Mill.
••• A landmark restaurant building in Carpinteria is on the market.
••• New contender in BLT season.
••• Finch & Fork’s chef moved to Roblar Winery.
••• Tap Thai is opening a second location.
••• Embermill to start serving Ethiopian lunches.
••• New business sells dough for you to bake at home.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings include beachfront a big, fascinating house hidden behind an unassuming facade; beachfront Padaro Lane; a couple of sweet Upper East cottages; a 1.25-acre lot in the Hedgerow; midcentury with potential on Eucalyptus Hill; yet another Hope Ranch teardown; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Baby steps toward opening Hollister Ranch beaches to the public.
••• Westmont’s “Pickle Tree” is being cut down.
••• MacKenzie Scott gave $20 million to Santa Barbara City College.
••• Montecito man helps a family of ducks.
••• The harbor mini-mart reopened with a new name.
••• Citizens’ groups disagree over cannabis deals.
••• Another Edhat classic.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Jenna for correctly identifying where this photo was shot.
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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