JUST LISTED
A stellar week for new listings, with something for everyone: A Carpinteria estate inspired by a Chumash canoe; Yankee Farm midcentury with ocean views; a Hedgerow charmer; rad Riviera pied-à-terre; an Upper East grande dame; Toro Canyon farmhouse furnished by Ellen and Portia; a sweet little Spanish in San Roque; and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• XO Santa Barbara has closed.
••• Golden Line Coffee Bar will cease operations at month’s end.
••• Happy hour with dim sum at Secret Bao.
••• The name of Chris Chiarappa’s Finney’s-esque restaurant in Goleta.
••• Kate’s Bread and the Dutchess have parted ways.
••• Isla Vista’s Pizza My Heart is closing.
••• Lunch at Solvang’s Craft House at Corque.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara is getting a professional soccer team.
••• The Museum of Contemporary Art is closing.
••• State Street Promenade to get more lights and regular cleaning.
••• New fencing along freeway off-ramps popular with the homeless.
••• Olympic figure skater bought in the Hedgerow.
••• Interim police chief Barney Melekian steps down; emergency alert system to be tested in Montecito.
••• Ventura’s 1,645-acre Mariano Rancho to be preserved.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Bossie the Cow is getting rebuilt and moved.
••• The Randall Road Debris Basin is just about done.
••• The Chumash are working on a 31,000-square-foot commercial building in Santa Ynez.
••• 2023 dates of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
••• The city’s ugly new solar arrays.
••• This year’s French Festival has been canceled.
••• What not to do with used corks.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Elle for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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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
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