ON THE HORIZON
The 32 restaurants expected to open in coming months include Aperitivo’s spinoff; two Thomas Keller establishments; an outpost of Nobu; three true farm-to-table restaurants; Basque-inspired food downtown; Mediterranean on De La Guerra Plaza; harborside revamp; three newcomers at the Public Market; two Funk Zone cocktail bars; Mexican seafood; and much more.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: The Picacho Lane mansion of Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo for $65 million; a dazzler once you step inside; Montecito Spanish-ish with a tricky floor plan; mini compound on 1.6 acres on the edge of the Hedgerow; the striking Brutalist home on Eucalyptus Hill; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• El Encanto may get a coffee shop and private club (above).
••• The owners of the property behind the Mission claim to be leasing it to a church.
••• E-bike riders ticketed.
••• The temporary Goleta Valley Library is open.
••• Highway 166 reopened as Madre Fire gets closer to containment.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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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
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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