FOOD STUFF
••• Is more change coming to Montecito’s Upper Village?
••• Downtown Mexican restaurant has soft-opened (above).
••• Augie’s has updated its menu and lowered prices.
••• Drift hotel café and bar should debut soon.
••• The Goleta Beach restaurant was damaged in last week’s storm.
••• Bedda Mia is on an extended break.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A sweet 1950 farmhouse on Eucalyptus Hill; Hedgerow house that wants updating; 6,319-square-footer on 20 acres in the valley; Bel Air Knolls spec reno; 1931 style on De La Guerra Terrace; the one in Summerland where you park on the roof; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Los Padres National Forest is closed for two months (McMenemy Trail photo by Scott Addison Jerlow).
••• Santa Barbara Airport to have limited parking while improvements are made.
••• Update on oil seepage off Summerland’s Lookout Park.
••• Bluff instability after storms.
••• Interior designer Birgit Klein moved her showroom.
••• Neat 1930 Mary Craig rental.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Black Keys are playing the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• The pair of blue vases atop the Presidio Plaza Building.
••• Alaska Airlines says San Diego service is unlikely.
••• The local aversion to double left-turn lanes.
••• “The Search for the American West” at Sullivan Goss.
••• Overheard in Santa Barbara.
••• An amusing bit of off-color humor.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA..?
Congratulations to Karl for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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Recent Comments
Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
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