WELCOME WAGON
First look at Linden Square, now open in Carpinteria: The primary tenants are a murderer’s row of Santa Barbara restaurants: Bettina, Third Window, Corazón Cocina, and eventually, Dart Coffee Co. Menus, photos, and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• The restaurant parking wars are heating up.
••• The Carpinteria outpost of Dart Coffee Co. will have food made in house (and its Funk Zone café will relocate in coming years).
••• The Palms will have a gourmet market component.
••• Sunshine Café’s former building changed hands.
••• A win-win deal from Rori’s Artisanal Creamery (above).
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Edgy midcentury in the Santa Ynez Valley; resort-style living near Lotusland; a compound fit for a throuple; modest house on the West Mesa bluff; Carpinteria beachfront for $3.995 million; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Rite Aid is hitting the skids.
••• Sable Offshore Corporation has restarted oil operations.
••• Gearing up for this year’s Summer Solstice Celebration.
••• A profile of Lynda Weinman.
••• The expansion of Arroyo Hondo Preserve.
••• Return of the East Beach “beach club.”
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
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Thanks Sierra! Is Lucca /the bank project moving forward? — Christine!
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