EXCLUSIVE
Bettina is opening a restaurant in Carpinteria: the new outpost will be smaller and sleeker than the Montecito original, with fast-casual counter service and plentiful courtyard seating. “We’re envisioning something more New York–style,” says co-owner Rachel Greenspan.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Azul won’t open for a few more months.
••• Lilac Patisserie’s Coast Village Road outpost is on.
••• Na Na Thai is winding down its pop-up dinners.
••• A natural wine festival organized by Satellite.
••• The Taste of Santa Barbara is in May.
••• Peasants Feast launches dinner service.
••• A new line of nonalcoholic drinks.
••• Bossie’s Kitchen is passing credit-card fees on to patrons.
••• Crush Bar seeks new owner.
••• Motley Crew Ranch’s Buellton shop is moving.
••• An attractive proposal to redo Pali Wine Co.’s Funk Zone tasting room.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A new menswear store in the Funk Zone (above).
••• Music Academy president Scott Reed is leaving the organization.
••• Another new apartment building is in the works downtown.
••• Two Highway 101 ramps to reopen this week.
••• The Lumineers and Kelsea Ballerini to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Reader question about a nice-smelling plant.
••• Paintings by Arty Grimm at Caldwell Snyder.
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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
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