FOOD STUFF
••• Happy Cat café to open on the Santa Barbara waterfront (above).
••• Corazón Comedor soft-opens this weekend.
••• We Want the Funk should open for real next week (and is offering a preview this weekend).
••• The appealing breakfast and lunch menus at Oat Bakery’s new Old Town Goleta outpost.
••• Merci ginger molasses cookie dough.
••• Augie’s is now serving weekend brunch.
••• Jersey Mike’s has opened in Noleta.
••• Local chef trying to make cannabis tastier.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Sweet Riviera house with an even sweeter backyard; a terrific 200-year-old downtown adobe on the National Register of Historic Places; East Coast vibes in the Upper East; contemporary renovation in West Mesa; and more.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Poking around Palm Springs for a few days can feel like a trip much farther away, both in space and time. Plus, Acme Hospitality recently opened a new hotel called Azure Sky there.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Ortega Park redesign is close to finalized.
••• Election results trickle in along expected lines, but the Surfliner Inn contest remains close.
••• Why Aloha Fun Center fizzled.
••• 332-unit apartment complex in Goleta moves forward.
••• New Santa Barbara High School building approved (above).
••• Sears signs removed.
••• Pushback for the two-room Funk Zone hotel.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to BW for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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Perhaps to avoid all the electric bikes going by at 30mph- I would hate to have one ram into someone while enjoying their outdoor dining… — Jen
Maybe Ty Warner can use some of that money he is receiving from the increase in membership dues to pay his property taxes and finally… — Zaddy
Initiation fee to Coral Casino around $300,000 too I believe — P
Oops, you’re right. I thought this was about new Corazon place in Montecito. I’ve lost track of the different restaurants going into the space on… — AFC
Think you might have the restaurants confused. Don’t think they have anything to do with Azul. — Pete
The good part of the gilding is they brought in Boarshead meat and cheeses. That’s an improvement in my book! — Elizabeth
Someone at Corazon told me they would be opening “soon” and when I inquired about the menu she said it would be different. Disappointing because… — AFC
I see La Antica Pizzeria wants some tables out front with an iron fence. I am very pro sidewalk seating, but I have a question.… — Keith
Please no more sidewalk eating spaces. State street already looks like a 12 block food court — Holly
As an RE appraiser, all I can see is the lack of safety railings, inside and out - lol! — Monica