Newsletter: November 6

FOOD STUFF
••• Two new restaurants could be opening this weekend.
••• Outstanding in the Field dinners with Bettina and the Dutchess (above).
••• Kin Bakeshop’s pop-ups are ending as it works to open its own place.
••• Coast Village Road ice cream shop is changing concepts.
••• Acme Hospitality is opening a restaurant in Orange County.
••• Validation Ale is now making hard seltzer.
••• UCSB student moonlighting as a sushi chef for hire.
••• Isla Vista’s Buddha Bowls has been renamed.
••• Goleta IHOP opened.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Jenni Kayne is trying to flip her Santa Ynez brand extension; a marvelous 1920s house in the Hedgerow; funky Mesa roofline; sweet outdoor space in Samarkand; built-ins gone berserk in Mission Canyon; what $3 million buys in Montecito; and more.

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FIRST LOOK
Tyger Tyger’s second go-round reopens November 17. Take a peek at the menu. (Photo by Ali Beck.)

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Biltmore’s neon sign is not in danger.
••• The Aloha Fun Center roller rink sure looks iffy.
••• A new personal training gym on Coast Village Road.
••• Hair extension and bridal accessory shop coming to State Street.
••• Upper State Street hotel sold for $17.55 million.
••• “Ghost Adventures” investigates the strange goings-on inside a Montecito mansion.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Battle of the Biltmore rages on.
••• County supervisors approve Modoc Road trail plan (rendering above).
••• The Catherine Gee boutique moved to State Street.
••• More on the recent transaction involving Tri-County Produce.
••• Federal judge rules against Santa Barbara’s “sit-lie” ordinance.
••• Paltry midterm voting so far.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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