FOOD STUFF
••• An interesting restaurant opened in Ventura this weekend (above).
••• “Instagram-ready food concept” coming to Isla Vista.
••• Seafood CSA Get Hooked seeks wholesale partners.
••• What Sear Steakhouse’s new owner has in store for the Solvang restaurant.
••• The former Paradise Store & Grill changed hands.
••• Third Window and Creaminal collaborate on stout-flavored ice cream.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1920s glamour in the Golden Quadrangle for $20 million; a supersized manor in Ennisbrook; 143 oceanfront acres west of the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; FSBO on Channel Drive; Campanil house with potential; 1952 house on the south side of Alameda Padre Serra; 1970s lines on the Lower Riviera; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Jeff Shelton’s revamp of the State Street undercrossing will start this summer.
••• Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network’s new hospital has opened.
••• Consultant working on State Street Promenade could cost twice much as estimated.
••• County sheriff Bill Brown is running for a fifth term.
••• Carpinteria redistricting update.
••• Santa Barbara Kite Festival is back on.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A big event space is opening downtown.
••• Another Santa Barbara hotel is for sale (above).
••• Goleta industrial campus to be renamed.
••• Two worthwhile acts appearing at the new Ventura Music Hall.
••• Flamenco at the Lobero.
••• Gift card agita.
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