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May 28, 2025

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Newsletter: May 28

May 28, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Barbareño is opening a second restaurant downtown.
••• Opening date for The Win-Dow burger stand.
••• Goleta restaurant taking the Derf’s Cafe space.
••• Opening forecast for Dom’s Taverna.
••• New tenant at the Judge for Yourself Café.
••• Red Hen Cannery profile.
••• Isla Vista Food Co-op has averted closure for now.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Big Hope Ranch fixer for $9.5 million off the initial asking price; two floops in the Hedgerow, one much more successful than the other; striking interiors on E. Mountain Drive; Mediterranean atop TV Hill; Eucalyptus Hill four-bedroom; the adorable European carriage house on Mission Ridge; woodsy retreat on Hale Park; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• New adventure playground in the Santa Ynez Valley (above).
••• Three more shops have opened at The Post.
••• New kids’ art studio downtown.
••• La Casa de Maria is allowing group events.
••• Update on the Manning Park tennis courts.
••• Leslie Lewis Sigler tablescapes at Sullivan Goss.
••• Ensemble Theatre Company’s 2025-26 season.
••• Answer to last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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