FIRST LOOK
The plans have dropped for a big, interesting project in the Funk Zone: it contains a hotel (possibly two), several restaurants, a coffee shop, a tasting room, a corner market, an art gallery, and more. Plus: a popular brewery could be one of the tenants. Take a look at the renderings, floor plans, and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Little Alex’s is closing next month (and an established chef is rumored to be taking the space).
••• Updates on a slew of new restaurants, including Reunion Kitchen + Drink at Cabrillo Pavilion, Low Pigeon’s second outpost, Old Town Coffee’s foray into downtown, and the Peasants Feast spinoff in Solvang.
••• Mony’s has a new food truck.
••• Has anyone tried Costa at the Mar Monte Hotel?
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: private beach access for $100 million; the lovable and the livable in Hope Ranch; a Coyote Road contemporary; a pair of 1970s houses with potential on Eucalyptus Hill; a $2.25 million house walkable to Montecito Union School; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Indoor mask mandate extended to November 5.
••• A second Santa Barbara cannabis shop is being sold to a national company.
••• Winners and losers of a mayoral debate.
••• Homeowner manages to stall the Randall Road Debris Basin.
••• Two Bennett’s wallabies arrive at the zoo for its forthcoming Australian Walkabout exhibit.
••• Santa Barbara to join regional fire communications facility.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County bought a $12.7 million building.
••• Spooky coloring-book event at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
••• Reopening dates approach for a few Highway 101 on- and off-ramps.
••• An interior designer’s “Montecito stash” has opened.
••• A section of Loma Alta Drive will be closed for many months.
••• The Museum of Natural History shares what’s in its drawers (above).
••• Paseo Nuevo Cinemas reopens today.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Toby Trauntvein for correctly identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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Seems like a great local addition for those with pretty little ones. Thanks for adding it to the community. With that said, everyone I’ve mentioned… — Dan