Newsletter: August 25

FOOD STUFF
••• Alma Fonda Fina is finally close to opening.
••• Merci has introduced table service.
••• Saint Bibiana won’t be coming to the Funk Zone.
••• The Nugget’s forthcoming Carpinteria outpost has expanded.
••• Profiles of Gipsy Hill Bakery and the Tyler x Lieu Dit tasting room.
••• Santa Barbara County Farm Day.
••• Paseo Nuevo crêperie.
••• The new aperitif from Municipal Winemakers.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Glam farmhouse shooting for $4 million in San Roque; a winner and an opportunity on the Riviera; 1909 Lower Riviera charm; room to move on East Valley Road; 1904 cottage on a tiny Upper East street; an old-school compound in Alta Mesa; one for baseball fans; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Opening date for the Santa Barbara Public Library plaza (above).
••• Eight-story building proposed near the Mission.
••• A bit of intel on the buyers of the former St. Anthony’s Seminary complex.
••• President Biden and family are vacationing in the Santa Ynez Valley.
••• Franceschi House plaza feedback.
••• Moody Sisters cottages mistreated.
••• The new Tilly Timms souvenir store.
••• California Highway Patrol issued a ton of speeding tickets.
••• Driver crashes car and flees on skateboard.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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