FOOD STUFF
••• The Public Market’s next new vendor.
••• The floor plan of the reinvented Tydes at the Coral Casino.
••• Donuts and paletas coming to State Street.
••• Noodle shop opening in Noleta.
••• Jonesy’s Fried Chicken profile.
••• Chef Rhoda Magbitang is leaving the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern.
••• Secret Supper event in August.
••• Pizza Mizza’s new incarnation.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Location, location… and an over-the-top renovation; grand Mediterranean in Ennisbrook; sweet California cottage with delightful gardens; potential overlooking Hendry’s Beach; Bonnymede oceanfront for $6.7 million; adobe rich with character; when $3.775 million looks like a deal; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Inching toward a decision on the State Street Promenade.
••• A business improvement district for downtown Santa Barbara.
••• Apartment complexes proposed for the Lower Riviera and near Cottage Hospital.
••• Refugio State Beach should reopen early this summer.
••• The Waterman hotel in the Funk Zone has been rebranded (above).
••• Update on the Las Alturas house falling down the hillside.
••• Hidden camera found in landscaping.
••• The tree of the month.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Santa Barbara Art Essentials is being forced to move.
••• July 4 festivities at the harbor.
••• Anderson .Paak and the mariachi festival at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• André 3000’s New Blue Sun live.
••• Jane Lynch’s Christmas revue.
••• Charter Classic bus question.
••• Who bought the former St. Anthony’s Seminary complex?
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