FOOD STUFF
••• The Mesa is getting an Indian restaurant (above).
••• Happy Cat Eats opens this week.
••• Another new vendor is coming to the Santa Barbara Public Market.
••• Expanded food service at Aperitivo.
••• What’s next for the Harbor Restaurant and Longboard’s Grill.
••• Bell’s chef to cook a lunch at Tyler x Lieu Dit.
••• Petrini’s Italian Restaurant profile.
••• The location of Pinyon’s Ventura outpost.
••• The menu at La Cantina, now open in Noleta.
••• Any thoughts on the new Saturday farmers’ market?
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Midcentury-style Riviera house for $4.6 million; Padaro Lane beachfront compound; Coast Village Road penthouse for $7 million; contemporary Don Nulty on Mission Ridge; Riviera house with Franceschi Park easement; Summerland modern for $4.05 million; Upper East cutie; one for baseball fans; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Update on the trees of Milpas Street.
••• Hotel deal for locals and the people visiting them.
••• Santa Barbara is considering banning “open house” signs.
••• The Avett Brothers in concert.
••• Free Return of the Jedi screening.
••• Lotusland is looking to add a new visitors’ restroom.
••• The NatureTrack Film Festival.
••• Channel Islands photography book.
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