More food news: $10,000 grants for small independent restaurants; meadery opening downtown; a steakhouse is opening in Solvang; Coastal Coffee Collective takes on instant coffee.
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Notable closings also include a Park Lane flip for a tasty profit; Hope Ranch teardown on five acres; fast sales over ask on the Mesa and in the Hedgerow; and a slew in the twos. Plus: several off-market sales from the past month or so.
Plus: Imminent soft opening of Idyll Mercantile’s plants-and-more shop; upcoming open-air market at Folly on Santa Claus Lane; how to foster a beehive; the Santa Barbara International Film Festival anoints eight new award winners.
More food news: South Coast Deli is opening in San Roque; the Blue Owl is under new ownership; rumors of a new Mesa ice cream shop; Mackenzie Market and Yanni’s Greek & American Deli have reportedly closed; Rancho San Julian’s Elizabeth Poett has a new TV show; Clevr’s “instant superlattes”; lunch at La Paloma Cafe; the appealing Frontside Cafe in Ventura.
Other recent news: Recent rainfall did little to help fill reservoirs; city council approved Sea Level Rise Adaption Plan and bikeshare expansion to the Waterfront; 23 miles of Highway 1 closed for months; the Inn at Zaca Creek is open; furniture maker John Spivey; fighter jets training over the Central Coast.
When I mentioned to some friends that I was going to explore the Haley Corridor on foot, they laughed in that knock-yourself-out way. But I loved it: the area feels like a backstage counterpoint to the show over on State Street.
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Other noteworthy new listings include a baroque villa high above Montecito; a $16.75 million Picacho Lane flip; Mediterranean that went pending fast; and a sweet 1948 house walking distance to the Upper Village.
Plus: Opening date for the San Ysidro Creek Bridge; Birnam Wood house raises its price by $1.6 million; “Pattern Recognition” at Sullivan Goss; La Segunda’s terrific eye for vintage.
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In looking at aerial views of 3218 Campanil Drive - it looks like it is somehow connected to the other new build, 820 Centinela, up… — SB
I agree. What an odd choice for the cover — J
I hope that the owner of 806 divulges all of the history on that flip house to prospective buyers as required by law. — Pythia
The master bed was positioned towards the “‘motor court” to have the best possible view of our teenage boys sneaking out in a 1992 Geo… — Bruce Giffin
While the picture is just a rendering, hopefully that big beautiful box on the roof is a back up generator as I second the motion… — TJ
The Carl Maston house is amazing. Plywood is due for a comeback. — A
When will Caltrans landscape the new Montecito section of the 101 similar to what was installed in Carp? — Greg