EVERYONE’S A CRITIC
First impressions of Taqueria La Unica: the new sister restaurant of Los Agaves and Santo Mezcal is focused on Mexican street food, with a menu that makes no concessions to novices and a line out the door.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1920 Lower Riviera bungalow for $2.1 million; an Ortega Ridge sprawler; “as is” 1970s architecture on the Riviera; oodles of character in a new-ish San Roque house; what used to be Ray and Joan Kroc’s Santa Ynez Valley ranch; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Improvements are underway at Parma Park (photo by Marco Palombo).
••• The Dirty Dog Wash & Goods is coming to De La Vina.
••• The musical Once opens this week.
••• Ojai’s Porch Gallery has closed.
••• The Santa Barbara Kite Festival is [today].
••• County survey about emergency preparedness.
••• Warehouse sale of staging decor.
••• Figueroa Mountain wildflower tour.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• MarBorg’s $90 non-curbside rate hike is coming to Santa Barbara.
••• The city council can’t make up its mind about State Street parklet fees.
••• Carpinteria Salt Marsh trails and beach access closed till June.
••• Park turtles to be relocated.
••• Santa Claus Lane upgrade moves forward.
••• Recap of the debate over the proposed hotel at 101 Garden Street.
••• Carrizo Plain superbloom photos.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Recent Comments
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
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo