Newsletter: December 4

FOOD STUFF
••• Updates on the forthcoming Montecito and State Street taquerias.
••• Two new restaurants aren’t happening after all (above).
••• Black Sheep 2.0 is shooting for mid-December.
••• Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant has reopened.
••• Ice cream and cereal bar is getting close to opening.
••• Peasants Feast was awarded Bib Gourmand status.
••• Profile of Menchaca Chocolates.
••• Good Lion Hospitality and Sama Sama are partnering on a Ventura venture.
••• Different opinions about the state of San Ysidro Ranch’s Stonehouse restaurant.
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FAVORITE THINGS
Shopping online is boring! Shopping in person is fun! Go find great things for the people you care about at our many terrific independent stores, including Field Trip and Mācher.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The “Victor the Florist” signage has been removed (above).
••• Olive Mill ramp closures pushed back.
••• An explanation for the activity at Rancho San Carlos.
••• State Street survey.
••• The Great Junk Hunt flea market is on in Ventura.
••• Brett Young to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Marshall Brown collages at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: An oceanfront fixer in Hope Ranch; a meaty lot in a Montecito gated community; 81-acre survivalist hideout; Hope Ranch teardown; backwoods energy on East Valley Road; prime views on Alameda Padre Serra for under $3 million; and a 1926 Craftsman in the San Roque spider web.

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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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