More food news: A peek inside the work-in-progress Paradise Cafe; new sushi restaurant not quite ready to open; Neighbor Tim’s BBQ is closing; Dutch Garden reboot now shooting for next year; Flocking Fabulous wine.
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Other recent news: Two abandoned oil wells off Summerland to finally be capped; Clic founder Christiane Celle; the fight for a wildlife crossing beneath the 101; UCSB fans can have cardboard cutouts of themselves at basketball games.
The week’s noteworthy new listings also include a stylish house near Hammond’s Beach, an extremely cute former art studio, a 1929 Monterey Colonial that could use a fresh eye, and more.
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Plus: “Secret Garden Market” and bake sale coming up in the Funk Zone; meeting about the plan to renovate Ortega Park; construction on Route 150; public input sought for a new fire station shared by Montecito and Carpinteria.
More food news: Accolades for Bettina, Bell’s, and Sushi Bar Montecito; Better Burrito now available at Dart Coffee Co., Aperitivo is offering retail bottles of wine; Goleta’s Mercury Lounge has reopened; Santa Barbara County Vintners Association abandoned its BID bid; Zaca Creek restaurants.
It was another strong week for Santa Barbara real estate, with other notable sales including a penthouse in Jeff Shelton’s El Andaluz condominium, a boxy peach thing in Campanil, and an eccentric compound near Butterfly Beach.
Other recent news: Isla Vista continues to hold the county back; the UCSB editor monitoring the lack of social distancing; Santa Barbara water rates to go up; Mission Canyon trail reopens on weekends; Randall Road Debris Basin funding comes through; Coffee with a Black Guy founder James Joyce III is being encouraged to run for mayor; Westmont bought a building downtown.
Plus: Occhiali is closing its downtown store; Coda Studio’s home decor shop debuts today in Montecito; Santa Barbara Museum of Art has reopened; Thousand Steps and Andrée Clark Bird Refuge are planning to have some work done; how to complain about the cannabis stink.
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