“It’s the only public building like it on the beach, and you could never built it today,” said Parks Department director Jill Zachary on an exclusive tour of the thoroughly renovated East Beach landmark.
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Other recent news: Edith Caldwell Abode has plans to close; county hospitals are at 50 percent capacity, and ICUs are at 56 percent; man threatened diners with what looked like a machine gun; Goleta Water District voted to raise rates; Amazon now offering online shopping for pickup at the Santa Barbara Whole Foods store.
If you want proof that the market is moving, look no further than these 12 notable closings from the past week, from Campanil to Torito Road.
Other recent news: Carpinteria freeway project completed five months early; a push to extend State Street experiment; memorial to black people killed in the U.S.; Viva store opened in Paseo Nuevo; leasing companies report stable demand for student housing; five Chumash Casino employees have tested positive.
The week’s other top price reductions: 1920 Montecito Tudor; appealing interiors in Ennisbrook; new-build four-bedroom by the San Marcos Foothills preserve; 46-acre lot way up Toro Canyon.
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More food news: Tyger Tyger is reopening for weekend pop-up dinners; another brewpub said to be coming to lower State Street; new Westside pizza joint; Mercado el Rey has opened.
Plus: Montecito estate auction has a whiff of desperation; Mate Gallery’s new online sale section; American Express offering $5 credits when you patronize local merchants; a new look for the former Just Folk building in Summerland.
Other noteworthy new listings: 1890 cottage downtown; cute fixer above Coast Village Road; boxy contemporary in the Lower Riviera; Gobernador Canyon farm with approved plans.
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A dealership instead? Not sure about that. — Eleni
I really want to check out Beau, it looks like a fun place to hang! Soon, hopefully, soon. Why would someone be trying so hard… — JD
Tiny fact check: the Beau website was designed with exactly zero AI. Human concept, human design, human creative. We do use AI as a marketing… — Starr Hall
Apparently we’re an AI-driven storytelling bar. Which is wild because AI still hasn’t shown up for a single bartending shift. For the record, ChatGPT has… — Starr Hall
FWIW - Metro Theaters usually posts showtimes on Tuesdays for the upcoming week beginning on Fridays. Hopefully will see new showtimes posted tomorrow. — Tom
Don, not only is the website AI generated, the copy reads as if it were ChatGPT's first pass. I hope the owner's are successful and… — J
Metro doesn't currently have showtimes for any of their other theaters past Thursday, so probably not significant. (Or, even more significant?) — Geoff H