More food news: The Goleta Beach Park restaurant won’t be called SeaLegs; Sunstone’s rooftop tasting room in the Funk Zone moves forward; L.A. restaurateur buys Sear Steakhouse in Solvang; The Baker’s Table is relocating within Santa Ynez; Mony’s is serving breakfast tacos and chilaquiles at Dart Coffee Garden this Sunday; Good Lion and Ramon Velazquez are partnering on a Ventura venture.
Come along as Montecito Trails Foundation president Ashlee Mayfield and I explore the surprisingly rural trails and roads east of Summerland, peering through fences and dishing dirt along the way.
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Plus: Yet another Santa Barbara hotel has changed hands; MOXI’s next adults-only happy hour; Aoife O’Donovan plays the Lobero; Caamp plays the Bowl; Goleta hotel not happening; photographer Eric Foote’s show to benefit Ukrainian refugees; what appears to be moving in next to Cajé on State Street.
Last week’s sales also included “Bloom County” cartoonist Berke Breathed’s Toro Canyon property; a two-bedroom Montecito townhome for $4.25 million; 1926 Upper East house for $500,000 over ask; and more.
More food news: Chris Chiarappa reportedly has plans for a taproom in Noleta; when the Lighthouse Coffee at Turnpike Center is expected to open; another four-course “dessert experience” at Alessia Patisserie & Café; Mariscos Tita’s has pressed pause on its plan for a restaurant; Foley Food & Wine Society’s tasting room opens at the Hotel Californian; Shalhoob’s Public Market outpost debuts this week.
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Other recent news: Santa Barbara looks at raising parking rates; cruise ships are expected to return this month; judge rules against Randall Road Debris Basin holdout; board of supervisors voted to nix ExxonMobil’s trucking plan; Cottage Hospital’s emergency room is getting renovated; possible name change for the Music Academy of the West; fires banned in the Santa Barbara front country; the Rite Aid on State Street has closed; Republican candidate for state assembly; what life is like for a Montecito real estate agent.
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More food news: Shalhoob Meat Company is opening at the Public Market—and reportedly another restaurant in town; Montecito Deli might get reinvented with an “Italian, Jewish twist”; what new owners have in store for two Stearns Wharf restaurants; Hibachi Steak House & Sushi Bar by Something’s Fishy has opened.
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