
FOOD STUFF
••• Mission City Sandwich Shop feels like a winner (above).
••• We Want the Funk has closed and La Lieff Winery is looking for a new food partner.
••• Rolld Ice Cream opens this weekend.
••• Takashi Ramen soft-opening date.
••• Zen Yai Thai has closed.
••• Rusty’s Pizza is returning to Isla Vista.
••• Ventura is getting an outpost of Corazón Cocina.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: An interior designer’s Provençal compound; foxy contemporary on the Mesa bluff; 10-acre equestrian estate in Toro Canyon; prime location off Hot Springs Road; sweet 1924 Spanish in Oak Park; century-old barn repurposed as a house; adorable Alta Mesa spec reno; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The threat of “South American theft groups.”
••• Renderings of the Sears apartment complex at La Cumbre Plaza (above).
••• New Goleta housing development to rent by the bed.
••• County supervisors might give themselves a raise.
••• CADA sold its E. Haley building.
••• Possible funding cuts to local public radio.
••• Meghan Markle renamed her forthcoming lifestyle brand.
••• Cold Spring Canyon bridge history.
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Great trip report so far, looking forward to the South Island. We visited NZ a few years back and rented a camper van. This was… — Bill F
Great 🥝 🇳🇿 travel reportage Eric ! Love all your details as well as extensive photos ! — Mark
So wonderful to have this new shop there in the El Paseo. Hand crafted ceramics, plants both real and dried, art, books, candles, decorative glassware,… — Miguel
Sad to see McCormick House close up shop to sell off. I've taken a few wonderful art classes there over the years. It is such… — JD
It is absurd. — Laurie
Exactly! I have no words for anyone that could even think of approving such a design and In Buellton of all places. Ed St George… — Monica
Alessia Patisserie & Café, 134 E Canon Perdido Street, Entry mat — Tal
PS- the generated photo previously used was more hidious though — Christine!
If you read the city paperwork- they describe the current Pea Soup design as “art deco”. I don’t think what they think is our deco… — Christine!
Come again? — J