FOOD STUFF
••• Bar Le Côte is now serving lunch (above).
••• “Pre-soft opening” at Saint Bibiana pizzeria.
••• Mangione’s Italian Ice Co. is finally getting ready to debut.
••• Lighthouse Coffee’s Turnpike Center location has opened.
••• A new home for Loca Vivant Kitchen.
••• Dutch Garden diorama.
••• Anyone know where to find good rajas tacos?
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Idyllic farmhouse in outermost Carpinteria; 10,000-square-foot flip attempt that looks likely to succeed; 1939 fixer in Romero Canyon; a Pepper Hill hot potato; party central in Cielito; and a townhome with a “very open living room.”
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ODDS & ENDS
••• An axe-throwing club is opening on State Street.
••• The new owner of the Quality Inn.
••• Clarity on Pacaso’s guest policy.
••• Flume to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• John Cleese at the Granada.
••• Tick, Tick… Boom! this weekend.
••• Weekly dance parties.
••• Zebras for sale.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Parts of Southern California may only water outdoors once a week.
••• Mocked-up interiors of UCSB’s monstrous Munger Hall.
••• Remembering Pierre Lafond.
••• New route for Fiesta’s horse parade.
••• Update on the De La Guerra Plaza overhaul (rendering above).
••• Free state park passes at libraries.
••• Progress on removing the oil pier infrastructure at Haskell’s Beach.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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