FOOD STUFF
••• Could the Dutch Garden be opening soon?
••• Fresco Cafe’s downtown location has opened.
••• First look at the menu of Thai Bistro, now open in San Roque.
••• Greek food pop-up preorders.
••• The food culture in Los Alamos.
••• Bibi Ji is opening a Las Vegas outpost.
••• Carpinteria’s Beach Liquor has closed.
••• The tasty Margherita pizza at Saint Bibiana.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Classic 1949 adobe with stairs to the beach; seven agricultural acres in Carpinteria with a striking one-bedroom house; an “interesting, curious” Hope Ranch compound; 1980s architecture with widescreen views; and more.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
“I know the city is working on a new building for the Santa Barbara Police Department. Once it’s finished, what will happen to the current building on E. Figueroa Street?” The answer.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another Santa Claus Lane shop is closing.
••• Progress comes to the Music Academy of the West.
••• The county is mulling bike and pedestrian improvements near Montecito beaches.
••• Opening date set for the Santa Barbara Hives shop in San Roque.
••• Holiday revue at the Lobero.
••• A question about the former QAD campus.
••• Antique owl prints at the Museum of Natural History.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Jeremy for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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Recent Comments
That is one shiny copper dome on that observatory! 😎 — Sven
Why would Field + Fort open The Larder in Carpinteria as opposed to Santa Barbara? Seems like the audience for something like this in SB… — Paul
yeah, because carnivores will not eat any dish that is plant-based or worse, labeled vegan. — Ken
Ahh, ok. — HM
maybe they should devote 1-3% of their menu space to the vegan population — Bettye Jones
She owned it from 2005 to 2023. — Erik Torkells
Interesting that Oprah didn't add 377 Santa Rosa Lane to her Santa Rosa portfolio. — HM