Belmond has confirmed the longstanding rumor that it’s selling the iconic Riviera resort.
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Other recent news: Mayor Randy Rowse is running for re-election; remembering architect Henry Lenny; architects and planners protest two misguided Santa Barbara developments; the Trump administration wants to allow new oil and gas extraction in the California Coastal National Monument and Carrizo Plain National Monument; a visit to the post-facelift Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
When it comes to real estate, the Montecito community is a micromarket with its own rules—and no one knows that better than Ryan Malmsten of Santa Barbara Brokers. In the past year, he has been involved in five transactions there, representing both buyers and sellers.
More food news: First impressions of Corazón Cocina Sur at Linden Square; The Nugget’s Carpinteria outpost should open next week; has Wylde Works closed?; tickets to Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley; the menu for Marisella at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; soliciting frozen pizza recommendations.
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Plus: Inside the new 30-room vacation-rental hotel downtown; adjacent Highway 101 on-ramps to be closed for nine months; Queens of the Stone Age concert; Heidi Merrick sample sale; the July 4 celebration at the waterfront; John Waters’s Halloween show; the answer to last weekend’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
Last week’s sales also include 1990 five-bedroom on 13.28 acres above San Roque; Carpinteria beachfront, more or less; Las Canoas contemporary; Buellton compound with a miniature Old West town; 1936 two-bedroom on 2.7 acres in Carpinteria; West Beach duplex; and more.
More food news: The Breakwater Restaurant’s new name; Ritz-Carlton Bacara’s Italian restaurant opens this week; U-pick organic apricots; Soul Bites has closed; the Sando Truck is moving to Goleta; Brazilian food delivered; sneak peeks of Lily’s Donuts & Pops; Paseo Nuevo beer garden to close; Thai-Asian food truck at Draughtsmen Aleworks in Goleta; Mylestone Barbecue is now behind the Wildcat.
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Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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I love Little Mountain and have been three times. The rice is $12 not $17 and it's swimming in butter not oil and everyone whose… — Leslie Westbrook
Le Petit Valentien -- maybe not classic French, but pretty close and great prices and great chef Robert. (and Ethiopian on the weekends!) — Leslie Westbrook
The property has building violations on, and the property was held by a bank that wanted out after foreclosing on the previous owner. — Paul
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I tried Little Mountain. Beautiful space and decor. But the menu, portions, and prices are ridiculous even for Montecito. $8 for cold bread (3 small… — Foodie
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