FOOD STUFF
••• Low Pigeon’s last day is Friday.
••• XO’s world-class breakfast sandwich.
••• Opening forecast for Augie’s restaurant and tequila bar.
••• Santa Ynez Valley chefs and winemakers band together for a Ukraine benefit dinner.
••• New chef at the Mar Monte Hotel’s restaurants.
••• Santa Barbara food startup raises $5.6 million.
••• Hot Rich Lady in a jar.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Makeover proposed for the former Nordstrom building (rendering above).
••• Hotel coming to the vacant lot next to Santa Cruz Market.
••• Hotel rates are now 50 percent higher than three years ago.
••• Pacaso opposition on the Riviera.
••• The old Victor the Florist storefront is for lease.
••• Kismet’s annex is open in Montecito’s Upper Village.
••• Discounted membership for the forthcoming CycleBar.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Montecito homeowners fight effort to reclaim Hot Springs trailhead parking.
••• Who will donate the last $50,000 for the Plaza Del Mar bandshell?
••• Santa Barbara Airport, Amtrak, and city buses drop mask requirement.
••• The Montecito Journal’s new spinoff magazine.
••• Carpinteria Skate Park moves forward.
••• FAA revokes license of asinine YouTube pilot.
••• Drama at the Montecito Sanitary District.
••• Goleta motel to become permanent housing for the homeless.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: an 1825 adobe downtown; a two-acre vacant lot in Hope Ranch; three-bedroom on half an acre on Alameda Padre Serra; a 1950 house on Eucalyptus Hill; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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