THE FOOD SCENE
••• The Montecito Inn will open an all-day restaurant in the old Monarch space.
••• The Daisy opens soon on State Street. Nice branding….
••• A profile of locally owned Pacific Pickle Works.
••• Buena Onda and Lab Social have partnered up.
••• Dunkin’ is threatening to open more stores here.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• United is introducing nonstop flights between Santa Barbara and Chicago (above).
••• Montecito water rate hike if the district buys water from Santa Barbara.
••• Local teen runs a popular news aggregator.
••• Seagulls spoiling Channel Islands with “processed food and puked-up trash.”
••• Latino organization La Casa de la Raza is struggling.
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PRICE CUTS
Newly reduced: Pepper Hill contemporary approaches 50% off (above); the 12-acre HeartStone Ranch in Carpinteria; another French country house in Montecito; and a “mini estate” in San Roque.
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GOOD HOUSEPEEKING
The Santa Barbara Association of Realtors releases its list of weekend open houses every Friday at noon, and I post about it on Saturday morning. But of course the info is outdated by now. So if you’re actively looking for a new home, be sure to check SitelineSB.com every Saturday morning; if you just like to look at homes, you can wait till the Monday newsletter. Highlights from this past weekend: a modern Hope Ranch house with views from every room (above); Fernald Point beachfront property primed for renovation; next-door neighbors—one new, one old—within walking distance to Montecito’s Upper Village; and a charming duplex condo downtown.
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