FOOD STUFF
••• Validation Ale’s outpost on De La Vina has opened.
••• Yet another White Caps—this one in an interesting spot.
••• Pressed Juicery has left the Montecito Country Mart.
••• The former Derf’s Cafe is for lease.
••• Considered is working on a second coffee-bar vehicle.
••• Pickles & Swiss’s Paseo Nuevo restaurant has closed.
••• Tyler x Lieu Dit entrées.
••• A delay for Takashi Ramen.
••• Casa Agria opened downtown.
••• Debut of the Good Lion/Ramon Velazquez collaboration in Ventura (above).
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Padaro Lane estate with two extra parcels for $65 million; the bluff-front house next to Shoreline Park; Eucalyptus Hill teardown accessed via pedestrian bridge; midcentury modern design in Mission Canyon; and a Chapala Lofts penthouse. See what sold—and for how much. (Photo by Jason Rick.)
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Alo Yoga has opened in Santa Barbara.
••• A new hostel on State Street (above).
••• Ojai apparel boutique popping up here.
••• Jack White, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Dashboard Confessional at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Pilates studio rebranding.
••• The Ducati/Vespa dealership has closed.
••• Brad Nack’s annual sale of reindeer art.
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