FOOD STUFF
••• Mexican seafood restaurant to open next to the Granada Theatre (above).
••• Another Indian restaurant is coming to State Street.
••• Uptown Lounge has reopened.
••• Chicken-and-waffles chain Bruxie debuted.
••• Secret Bao is taking a break.
••• SB Sunshine Café’s Goleta location is open.
••• Sade Turkish Coffee & Delights in Carpinteria.
••• Rory’s Place in Ojai is recovering from a fire.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1980s glamour in Birnam Wood; 1978 five-bedroom on Alameda Padre Serra; freestanding condo at the east end of Canon Perdido; unfinished San Roque cottage; and a vacant lot in Montecito.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
“Near the beginning of the trail we passed by a fenced field with some large, strange sculptures—including giant grenades! It is an exhibit? Storage?” The answer.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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