EVERYONE’S A CRITIC
First Impressions of L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele: The second U.S. outpost of an Italian chain established in 1870 is a welcome addition to State Street, with pizza that lives up to the hype.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Little Alex’s is opening in Santa Barbara (above).
••• First look at the Black Sheep’s menu.
••• New Mexican restaurant on State Street.
••• Construction at another State Street restaurant space.
••• Update on Lilac Patisserie’s Coast Village Road plans.
••• More on the expansion of Peasants Deli.
••• $225,000 Flightline Restaurant settlement.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Lock-and-leave pied-à-terre on Miramar Beach; Ojai’s third-oldest building; a buildable one-third share in Hollister Ranch; midcentury zest off Foothill Road; 1970s architecture in Montecito; and a downtown complex with a bungalow court.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Highway 101 construction in Montecito could start this summer.
••• Goleta residents bedeviled by airport noise.
••• A look inside Bellosguardo.
••• State Street building to be converted to “workforce housing” (above).
••• The difficulty of turning Paseo Nuevo residential.
••• New pop-up shop at the Well.
••• Carpinteria makes parklets permanent and bans “formula businesses” downtown.
••• Horseback riders win Live Oak Trail court battle.
••• Inclusive Arts Clubhouse coming to La Cumbre Plaza.
••• Clic sibling shop in Ojai.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations yet again to Karl for identifying where this was shot.
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