FOOD STUFF
••• A yakitori restaurant is opening on State Street (above).
••• Inside Bree’osh’s De La Vina expansion.
••• Everytable remains in limbo.
••• Chick-fil-A appears to have solved its traffic issues.
••• Cookbook swap at the Saturday farmers’ market.
••• Intermezzo by Wine Cask is said to be expanding across the paseo.
••• Solvang’s Craft House at Corque has opened for breakfast.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Riviera midcentury poised for expansion; resort-style pool off the Hot Springs trail; crisply redone Mission Canyon ranch house; turnkey Hope Ranch; Epcot Tuscan by the San Marcos Foothills Preserve; Oak Park postmodern; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• New look for 63-unit apartment complex on Carrillo (above).
••• Amusing local stuff on Craigslist.
••• The Blasters are coming to town.
••• The Montecito Fire Department’s July 4 pancake breakfast is back.
••• Michael E. Long solo show.
••• Midcentury abstract art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
••• Keep your eyes on the prices at Bristol Farms.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Coast Village Road will finally get some attention.
••• No surprises in recent election.
••• Havaianas now has a Santa Barbara shop (above).
••• County public health director Van-Do Reynoso is stepping down.
••• City passes moratorium on new hotels.
••• Zebra repeatedly spotted on Camino Cielo.
••• Carly Rae Jepsen to play the Arlington.
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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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