FOOD STUFF
••• More details about the restaurant and bar opening on Coast Village Road.
••• What to expect from Belching Dragon Tavern on State Street.
••• Another wine-tasting room is opening in the Funk Zone.
••• Dune’s second Goleta café has debuted.
••• Lefty’s Coffee Co. has opened in Los Olivos.
••• A profile of Ojai’s Messermeister knife company.
••• Root beer float–flavored milk.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Versailles on the 14th hole; a stylish 56-acre ranch in Santa Ynez; big views at a big price in Alta Mesa; a 1953 house with potential in Montecito; and a Carp fixer with a nice backyard.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• 15,000 monarch butterflies have returned to Goleta.
••• Charlie Munger bought an $11 million house in Montecito.
••• Local TV personality accused of fraud.
••• UCSB to start winter quarter online.
••• More analysis of the county redistricting.
••• Buyer of Ellwood Ranch has no plans to develop it.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Eric for correctly identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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