“On recent walks, I’ve noticed ‘USA’ spray-painted on the asphalt, along with markings for utility companies. What does it mean?” —E.
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More food news: Sea Stephanie Fish is delivering seafood throughout the area; Bree’osh’s bakery on De La Vina is open and selling flatbreads, quiches, and more; Sama Sama Kitchen has started delivery; the Good Lion’s to-go cocktails should be available this week.
Plus: The Santa Barbara Bowl has postponed its May concerts; the new La Playa Inn on Castillo Street; two-bedroom vacation rental available at the Mill; when every day is a holiday.
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Including a George Washington Smith Tudor from 1900, an unassuming cottage in the Upper East, a pretty kitchen in Montecito, and a Carp fixer with wide ocean views.
Other local news: East Beach volleyball nets taken down; we’re at 83% of normal rainfall for the season; online programming from UCSB Arts & Lectures; mechanical failure at the News-Press.
Handlebar Coffee Roasters, Barbareño, Metropulos Fine Foods, and Tri-County Produce (which often has locally made hand sanitizer). More food news: Dune Coffee Roasters will bring breakfast to you; The Good Lion is working on to-go cocktails; the Miramar resort has closed, including its restaurants.
Plus: BUNS, a nonprofit dedicated to rabbits and guinea pigs; Antica Furnishings’s closing sale; School House Road sells quickly for the asking price; real-estate inspections put on hold; fitness videos from Variant Training Lab.
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?
Recent Comments
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
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
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