EVERYONE’S A CRITIC
As you’d expect, the new AMA Sushi restaurant at the Rosewood Miramar Beach resort is pinch-me pretty—but can the food and service keep pace? Read the review.
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FOOD NEWS
••• High-end sushi restaurant confirmed for the Funk Zone.
••• New restaurant coming to upper De La Vina Street.
••• Charter Oak adamantly denies that it’s opening in Montecito.
••• State Street restaurant raising money for a live-music venue.
••• The chef at Tyger Tyger’s new incarnation.
••• The food offerings at Margerum’s tasting room.
••• Costa at the Hotel Mar Monte is now serving breakfast.
••• Spiffy new Ventura wine shop.
→ Read the post.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Toro Canyon farmhouse for $11.35 million; the childhood home of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid; Campanil house with potential; the one with the peekaboo bathroom; charming 1910 house in the Upper East; boxy architecture in Bel Air Knolls; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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The street kitchen on Upper State is delicious — the line to get food says it all. Also pretty sure they have a permit. — Ederson
Let’s all remember that street vendors DO have health code rules and regulations they follow. Even permits! Maybe next time ask the vendor instead of… — Meghan
Christine! Can you tell us the specific health code rules about raw meat? — Meghan
Let’s all remember that street vendors DO have health code rules and regulations to follow. As well as permits! Have you ever checked with a… — Meghan
You should talk to an actual restaurateur. Labor is by far their highest expenses, followed by cost of goods sold, with a rent a distant… — Jefferson A.
Truth! Rules for thee but not for me doesn’t work well when refrigeration of raw meat is involved! — Christine!
because they are policing more important things. everything should be enforced, thats not what im saying. im saying they are busy. — Seth
Feels like we’re aiming all our attention at vendors instead of the root problem: high rent and a permitting environment that makes affordable food nearly… — CH