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February 12, 2023

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Newsletter: February 12

February 12, 2023|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Gala restaurant has launched dinner service (above).
••• Three Pickles is opening a second Santa Barbara shop.
••• Na Na Thai is working on a permanent location in Buellton.
••• Azul is opening for real next week.
••• Kaz to Go Japanese restaurant has debuted in San Roque.
••• 4 Eggs & Pizza changed its name.
••• The Drift hotel’s café and bar are up and running.
••• More on the forthcoming restaurants at the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Leslie Ridley-Tree’s Birnam Wood home; the Alta Mesa house with a turtle-roofed hut; instant escrow in the Upper Village; and four in the twos, including a West Mesa time capsule, a spec reno flip, a conjoined two-bedroom, and a fun backyard.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• State Street’s Drift hotel has opened (above).
••• Van Morrison and James Taylor to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Urgent Veterinary Care opening on De La Vina.
••• The complicated hotel project coming to W. Montecito Street.
••• Interior designer Amber Lewis hints about a Santa Barbara shop.
••• Wildfire detection camera installed on Ortega Ridge.
••• Wonderful little building squandered.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The lack of sand at local beaches.
••• Santa Barbara to allow slightly larger ADUs.
••• Sunstone Cannabis Market to open on upper State Street.
••• The California Coastal Commission dinged Santa Barbara County’s cannabis ordinance.
••• County supervisor says he won’t run for reelection.
••• Profile of Slo Curio Studio + Gallery.
••• New Goleta Train Depot construction to start this year.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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