FOOD STUFF
••• First impressions of Local in Montecito.
••• Middle Eastern food at Third Window Brewing and for delivery from Meals by Khalil.
••• Quashing a rumor about Finney’s.
••• Construction at Augie’s.
••• State Street sushi restaurant is for sale.
••• Lilac Patisserie’s annex is looking good.
••• The menu at Soul Bites inside Music Alley.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Big Yellow House has a new tenant.
••• The Beads shop is closing after 38 years.
••• Santa Barbara Antique Show is coming up.
••• Pacaso’s Riviera house sold out.
••• Another Jeff Bezos rumor.
••• UCLA Health to open a 21,900-square-foot office downtown.
••• Rüfüs Du Sol and the mariachi festival at the Bowl.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A Spanish tower in Sycamore Canyon; Dulzura Drive for $6 million; a 1930 house in the San Roque spiderweb; a 4,318-square-footer in Goleta’s Crown Collection; a 1905 house on Bath Street; and more.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Brendan for correctly identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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