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
Don, not only is the website AI generated, the copy reads as if it were ChatGPT's first pass. I hope the owner's are successful and… — J
Metro doesn't currently have showtimes for any of their other theaters past Thursday, so probably not significant. (Or, even more significant?) — Geoff H
How do you know its AI "driven" and what's wrong with that? Businesses need to use the tools that make them efficient and competitive. — Don
There is a snack shop at the botanical gardens? — David W
I'm not too familiar with AI writing but with the other mentions this post is suspect... — TP
The Towbes Group is the reason for Mission Refill’s closure. Their unreasonable lease terms have pushed out and purposely prevented viable locally and independently owned… — Nicky
Not sure what's a more unpredictable business model today, a movie theater or an auto dealership franchise. — apzer