WHAT’S COOKING
The restaurant industry in greater Santa Barbara is roaring back: the 27 new restaurants and bars on the horizon include a downtown patisserie, beachfront dining, a rooftop tasting room, farm-to-table fast-casual, two high-end hotels, a restaurant incubator, a seafood tavern, and much more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• A former tech CEO is opening a restaurant and bar on Coast Village Road.
••• Long-delayed Riviera Bar is finally getting ready to debut.
••• Old Town Coffee will take Hook & Press’s space on State Street.
••• Rascal’s moved up the date of its Venus in Furs residency.
••• Food-and-beverage changes at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
••• Wingstop opening in Isla Vista.
••• Gelato shop coming to Solvang.
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NEW ROUNDUP
••• Fully vaccinated people can ditch masks in most settings.
••• The four women who started Save the San Marcos Foothills.
••• SBPD spokesman Anthony Wagner is seeking $4.6 million from L.A. magazine.
••• The Mission Canyon Bridge discussion.
••• County finally starts cracking down on cannabis scofflaws.
••• Barrett Reed is running for city council.
••• Musician buys in Montecito.
••• Santa Barbara’s new community development director.
••• Fire near Lake Casitas.
••• Ojai Music Festival will be in September (above).
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable sales include oceanfront Hope Ranch that went for $1.625 million over asking price; impressive prices in San Roque and on the Mesa; a three-acre lot between the 101 and Hammond’s Beach; a 1949 compound in Toro Canyon; a bunch of off-market closings from May; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• First look inside the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern (above).
••• Trevor Noah, Haim, and Van Morrison at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Dates announced for next year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
••• Pu’u Muay Thai martial arts school has moved.
••• Fossilized leaves in the sidewalk.
••• The answer to last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
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Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
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Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo
Just call it "The Copper" — Bob