November 9, 2025

Food Stuff

First Look at Bistro Amasa, Opening This Week

More food news: Brass Bird confirmed for San Roque; Manifattura is now taking reservations online; Anchor Rose is reportedly closing; the changes at Corazón Comedor; Sandbar is closed for remodeling; two restaurants partner on a TV dinner–themed night; Nantucket wine bar in residence at Tyler x Lieu Dit; SB Biergarten is adding an outdoor dining deck; the Miracle Christmas pop-up will be in Solvang, too. 2

Lisa Foley

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Newsletter: November 9

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Broad Street Oyster Co.

Guessing Game

Where in Santa Barbara…?

Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. 1

Crane Country Day School

Just Listed

Spiffy $20 Million Spec Reno in Hope Ranch

Noteworthy new listings also include a thoroughly Tuscan compound; one of the Miramar resort's neighbors; a winner near the San Roque spider web; 1887 Victorian on Brinkerhoff Avenue; beachfront contemporary south of La Conchita; and more.

Variant Training Lab

Sponsored

The Right School Is Everything

A quality education makes all the difference in a child's development. Here are six programs that warrant a close look.

Chicago Title

News Roundup

The Push for Public Access to Hollister Ranch Beaches

Other recent news: Changes coming to Cacique Street homeless shelter; a long look at California's insurance problem; county supervisors deny Sable Offshore permit transfer; improvements to Franklin Creek trail in Carpinteria; the tree of the month.

Gary Goldberg

Welcome Wagon

A Restaurant for People Who Love Restaurants

Opening tomorrow in Montecito's Upper Village, Little Mountain is the most ambitious, most polished, most exciting restaurant to debut here in many years. 6

Colliers Santa Barbara

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Newsletter: November 5

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Hazelwood Allied

Hot Property

Hope Ranch Fixer Floopsed for $800,000 Loss

Last week's sales also include an off-market Montecito charmer; 1998 six-bedroom in Hope Ranch; Via Clarice for a loss; West Mesa spec reno for nearly $4.4 million; floopses of a Las Alturas project and a Riviera mini-compound; 40-acre avocado farm in Casitas Pass; and more. 3

Morales Law

Odds & Ends

Montecito Is Getting a Public Pickleball Court

Plus: Landscape designs for the Coast Village Road medians; new gym in the Funk Zone; 100 trees to be removed for the reconfiguration of the Los Patos Way off-ramp; Vandenberg Space Force Base's launch alerts are no longer useful; how to opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages; Rainbow Kitten Surprise returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl. 11