COMING ATTRACTIONS
32 restaurants are expected to open in coming months. On the menu: street tacos, ice cream, beachfront and harborside dining, Middle Eastern food, yakitori, a “retro-swanky” steakhouse, Neapolitan pizza, mochi doughnuts, omakase sushi, Jewish-Italian delicatessen, and much more.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A furniture designer’s French country farmhouse; big and turnkey in Ennisbrook; Alex D’Alfonso midcentury with Riviera views; oceanfront on a Mesa cul-de-sac; 1928 house rich with period detail; and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Rare Society steakhouse opens next week.
••• First look at the Middle Eastern menu of Taza Mediterranean Street Kitchen.
••• Fresco Cafe is moving.
••• Broad Street Oyster Co.’s expansion will debut soon.
••• What it’s like to be served by a robot at Meet Up Chinese restaurant.
••• Low Pigeon’s transition into Lighthouse Coffee is underway.
••• New Buellton pizzeria.
••• New barbecue in Solvang.
••• Brunch is back at Pico in Los Alamos.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• A step forward for the Santa Barbara Airport expansion.
••• The where, when, and what of this weekend’s Summer Solstice Celebration.
••• City council adopts drought measures.
••• A long look at Carpinteria’s cannabis problem.
••• Planet Fitness gym opens in Goleta.
••• Profile of hedge fund manager/musician Pete Muller.
••• Santa Barbara fisherman had to swim for eight hours after sleepwalking off the deck.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Karl for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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