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March 11, 2026

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Newsletter: March 11

March 11, 2026|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• A new restaurant space in Carpinteria (above).
••• Hints about what to expect from Monte’s in Montecito and The Palms building.
••• Vegetarian restaurant rumored for downtown.
••• Santa Barbara Culinary Experience tickets.
••• Opening date for Sunstone’s Coast Village Road tasting room.
••• Clementine’s Steak House got a new look.
••• Restaurant closings in Noleta and Goleta.
••• Chase Restaurant & Lounge has reopened; Rodeo Room’s omakase dinners.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 8,480-square-foot Mediterranean for $12.25 million; the hexadecagon at Thousand Steps; floopses near Montecito Union and at Rincon Point; Hobson Beach Park oceanfront; Lower Riviera fixer with big view terrace; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The U.S. Postal Service wants to leave the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Malia Mills has moved to The Post.
••• 24-hour veterinary office is closing.
••• Two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows.
••• The Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is coming up.
••• More on the forthcoming Union Pacific railroad bridge.
••• Exhibit of photos taken with a pinhole camera.
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