
ENTREPRENEURS: BETTER BURRITO
Like most of us, David Medina has ordered more pickup and delivery in the last few months than ever before—usually with disappointing results. So for Better Burrito, his new company specializing in breakfast burritos, he designed the experience around delivery. Read all about it.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Sur la Table’s Santa Barbara store is closing.
••• Montecito estate auction has a whiff of desperation.
••• Mate Gallery’s new online sale section.
••• American Express offering $5 credits when you patronize local merchants.
••• A new look for the former Just Folk building in Summerland.
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WEATHER FORECAST
“This pretty much spells it out for the next several days,” says Jack Martin of Action Roofing. “It’s going to be hot—80s coastal, 90s in the valleys and at the lake, and other areas 100s.” Email [email protected] to receive daily updates.
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JUST LISTED
The week’s noteworthy new listings: A house so sweet it could break your heart; 1890 cottage downtown; cute fixer above Coast Village Road; boxy contemporary in the Lower Riviera; Gobernador Canyon farm with approved plans.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Secret Bao has expanded its food service at Handlebar. (Above: okonomiyaki-style tortilla española.)
••• Tyger Tyger is reopening for weekend pop-up dinners.
••• Another brewpub said to be coming to lower State Street.
••• New Westside pizza joint.
••• Mercado el Rey has opened.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• County says no to private helistop.
••• Direct flights to Sonoma County for two months.
••• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History reopens to the public.
••• C Magazine’s Summerland pop-up.
••• Goleta abandons sales tax increase.
••• How decommissioning oil platforms might affect fishing.
••• New leopard at the zoo.
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