WELCOME WAGON
Na Na Thai soft-opens this week, bringing authentic Thai food to Buellton: After living in Bangkok for four years, Ashley and Nik Ramirez missed the food so much that they decided to open a restaurant here—and it’s unlike anything the Santa Ynez Valley has seen before. Plus: The first look at the menu.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Picacho Lane pocket listing for $10 million; Leslie Ridley-Tree’s Birnam Wood home; Campanil spec reno; midcentury fixer with a fun backyard; two-bedroom cottage in Hope Ranch; Riviera fixer; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Should Montecito’s Upper Village ban chain stores?
••• Ramp proposed for the Mission’s entrance (above).
••• Another discussion about the De La Guerra Plaza revamp.
••• New resale shop downtown.
••• Kickball has returned to Elings Park.
••• Graham Nash and Jimmy Webb at the Lobero.
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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