LA COCINA HAS CLOSED
The Mexican restaurant was Steve Hermann’s third stab at the E. Anapamu space—which has the prettiest courtyard in town—after Somerset and The Smithy.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Historic Montecito mansion is renting rooms by the night (above).
••• Two George Washington Smith houses are available for rent.
••• The Riviera Theatre is screening Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory to honor Kirk Douglas.
••• Expanded hours at the Cuyama Buckhorn motel and restaurant.
••• Superb private art collection on view in L.A.
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THE FOOD SCENE
••• Sides Hardware & Shoes in Los Olivos has closed.
••• The new restaurant in the former Little Door space appears off.
••• Bell’s celebrates its second anniversary with a big BBQ party (and denies a rumor about a Los Olivos restaurant).
••• Cannabis supper club.
••• Ranch dressing.
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GOOD HOUSEPEEKING
Highlights of this weekend’s open-house lineup: Midcentury modern conundrum remains unsolved; cute 1930s Spanish Colonial just off State Street; surreal decorative remnants on the Mesa; 1910 Lower Riviera house in need of updating; sprawler on three acres on Hidden Valley Lane.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• California realtors association tries to sway local Assembly race.
••• Elings Park is bringing in sheep for landscaping maintenance.
••• Successful pilot program to reduce homelessness downtown.
••• One of the state labs for coronavirus testing is in Ventura County.
••• City attorney attempts to thwart vacation-rental lawsuits.
••• Visitors to Cottage Health hospital must now have their photo taken.
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JUST LISTED
A place in the country fit for Peter Pan: This 10-acre ranch northeast of Santa Barbara has a barn for ATVs, go-karts, and dirt bikes; open fields for skeet shooting; and a “magical” orchard. Take a look around.
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