FOOD STUFF
••• Exciting changes proposed for the former Cava building (above).
••• New-old name for the Mexican restaurant at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Clarity on AMA Sushi’s prix-fixe menu.
••• Food truck at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
••• Jazz night at Revolver.
••• Los Altos has opened in Old Town Goleta.
••• Bell’s egg salad sandwich recipe.
••• Whatever happened to the plan to renovate two Stearns Wharf restaurants?
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Polished Supertuscan for $15.9 million; Lilac Drive single-level; woodsy mini-compound in Carpinteria; 1924 Spanish Colonial in the Lower Village; oceanfront condo for $5.7 million; Hedgerow farmhouse; cool contemporary off-market in east San Roque; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Little consensus about what to do with State Street.
••• Results of the SBPD’s gun buyback.
••• City council forces restaurant holdouts to remove parklets.
••• Rare native plant recently rediscovered after decades.
••• Inspiration Point trailhead has reopened.
••• The tree of the month.
••• Unmanned aircraft used to test hypersonic flight technology.
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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
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