FOOD STUFF
••• Sweetaly Gelato opens this weekend (above).
••• First impressions of Pegaslice.
••• Special-needs café likely coming to State Street.
••• Changes at an outpost of Crushcakes.
••• What dinner is like at the Hilton Garden Inn Rooftop Bistro & Bar.
••• A visit to Drover’s Doughnuts in Goleta.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Stylish new construction in Montecito for $16.5 million; insane price for the area between the Lower Village and the Hedgerow; Park Lane aerie; East Valley Road compound; Hope Ranch spiffer-upper; the super-minimalist one near Westmont; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A hint about UCSB’s plan for State Street (above).
••• Freeway sign oopsie.
••• Those pesky Santa Barbara Airport escalators.
••• Repairs to finally start on Old Romero Road trail.
••• New fitness studio on Chapala Street.
••• 30-room hotel and restaurant still in the works in Los Alamos.
••• Isla Vista senior housing organization bought on Milpas.
••• A report from San Francisco, including the newly renovated Huntington Hotel.
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Recent Comments
True. But remote, if you want to be in a more urban part of SF. Remind me to tell you about the Kabuki in Japantown,… — Thomas Reynolds
I see you've been slumming it in our old town. The Huntington must have created more rooms; previously it was mostly suites, having formerly been… — Thomas Reynolds
The Presidio hotels in the Presidio are hands down my favs Erik! Big rooms (former army barracks), quiet - fantastic art installations in the hiking… — Leslie Westbrook
Who designed the rediculous improved street/parking configuration on Santa claus lane...there isn't enough room in the north bound lane to drive a car through...parked cars… — BeckyGallup
Their needs to be a better answer then just closing the rest stop. I do the drive almost daily and the amount of people I… — Derek
If you're asking about the Huntington Hotel, the Big Four is indeed the only restaurant and it looked the same to me (but has probably… — Erik Torkells
It's next on the list. — Erik Torkells
I feel compelled to mention that the property owners here all say their gardners can do better with a broom- why AREN'T THEY OUT THERE… — Christine!
V e r y interesting- thanks. Is there more than one dining room? Is the iconic restaurant decor as before? — Greg
Have you tried Hotel Drisco in Pacific Heights? We love it! — Ann Capogrosso