Newsletter: February 19

EXCLUSIVE
Restoration Hardware’s Montecito store will have a restaurant.

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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Second time around for a sweet little house in the Hedgerow; backyard for days in Yankee Farm; a rare Owen Road listing; welcoming California cottage in Cielito; what $3.575 million buys in San Roque; one for Elings Park devotees; 1913 Craftsman in the Upper East; and more.

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FOOD STUFF
••• Maíz Picante Taqueria on De La Vina has opened.
••• Morro Bay restaurant specializing in boba and taiyaki is coming to State Street (above).
••• Azul pushed back its debut again.
••• Sherman Oaks Italian opening downtown.
••• The former Magic Castle Cabaret is being offered as a restaurant space.
••• Red Pepper’s Goleta outpost closed.
••• Press Room documentary.
••• Are the painted parklets an improvement?
→ Read the post.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The seepage problem at the Castillo Street underpass.
••• Four more Santa Barbara Bowl shows.
••• The best look yet at the wondrous Pepper Hill house (above).
••• Vintage and consignment store Faitell Attractions found a new home.
••• Opening forecast for The Pad climbing gym.
••• The answer to last week’s ”Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• An effort to preserve 48 more acres of the Gaviota Coast.
••• HBO to adapt Empty Mansions into a series (above).
••• A step forward for the De La Guerra Plaza revamp.
••• Santa Barbara County might partner with San Luis Obispo county on a desalination plant.
••• Montecito fire chief announces retirement.
••• Final oil piers removed from Haskell’s Beach.
••• The Garden Street Dog.
→ Read the post.

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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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