FOOD STUFF
••• A new fancy food store in Montecito.
••• Chick-fil-A has reopened.
••• Gelson’s has expanded.
••• Mesa Burger and its siblings are offering 50% off to medical workers.
••• Menu R&D at Bell’s spinoff Bar Le Côté (above, courtesy chef Brad Mathews).
••• Gipsy Hill Bakery’s toaster tarts and Triple Chip’s everything bagel babka.
••• Shrub maker Broken Clock Vinegar Works.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Covid cases continue to surge in Santa Barbara County.
••• Grand Montecito estate’s new owner revealed (above).
••• Detectives seek help identifying Goleta gunman.
••• UCSB students helping to search for the remains of a teenager who perished in the debris flow.
••• Cat reunited with owner after three years.
••• Longtime employee purchases Pet House store.
••• Channel Island Surfboards is being bought back by the founders’ son.
••• Shooting ban extended in Los Padres National Forest.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings include maximized views on Alta Mesa, 1936 house rich with period detail on a hidden downtown street, a Coast Village project, “not your typical Westside offering,” and a Neoclassical-Mediterranean hybrid.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Covid-test bus parked in Santa Barbara for two weeks.
••• Dylan Star boutique has temporarily popped up in Paseo Nuevo (above).
••• Ongoing construction of the Las Positas/Modoc Roads bike and pedestrian path.
••• Proposed Montecito house to have a freestanding “tea room.”
••• ADU seminar.
••• Where to donate books?
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