Newsletter: January 22

FOOD STUFF
••• The main restaurant menu at the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern.
••• Daytime food service at Buttonwood Farm Winery (above).
••• Change of plans for Carpinteria rooftop bar.
••• Opening date for the Peasants Deli arcade.
••• A new coffee van called Considered.
••• Rincon Brewery’s Funk Zone outpost is closed for improvements.
••• Azul seems to have paused before opening for real.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 3,000-square-foot condo with widescreen ocean views; Montecito fixer with nice proportions; Summerland cottage; vacant lots downtown and on the Riviera; and new construction in Ojai.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• A-list boutique to open in Montecito’s Upper Village (above).
••• Kismet will open a dedicated lingerie studio.
••• Jack Johnson to play the Lobero Theatre.
••• The slate for the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
••• The Montecito Tea Gardens gets another $10 million price cut.
••• Are you Santa Barbara’s next poet laureate?
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Highway 154 has reopened.
••• Untreated sewage spill affects Montecito beach (above).
••• Santa Barbara County to get federal storm relief.
••• Harbor to be dredged next week.
••• Goleta Beach Park is closed for “emergency beach nourishment.”
••• Several radio station still off the air.
••• No word when Route 150 between Carpinteria and Ojai will reopen.
••• Santa Barbara Museum of Art sued over Egon Schiele drawing allegedly stolen by Nazis.
••• Cabrillo Boulevard arts and crafts market to get reorganized.
••• Summerland oil seepage is likely natural.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Tal for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.

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