
FOOD STUFF
••• Could the Dutch Garden be opening soon?
••• Fresco Cafe’s downtown location has opened.
••• First look at the menu of Thai Bistro, now open in San Roque.
••• Greek food pop-up preorders.
••• The food culture in Los Alamos.
••• Bibi Ji is opening a Las Vegas outpost.
••• Carpinteria’s Beach Liquor has closed.
••• The tasty Margherita pizza at Saint Bibiana.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Classic 1949 adobe with stairs to the beach; seven agricultural acres in Carpinteria with a striking one-bedroom house; an “interesting, curious” Hope Ranch compound; 1980s architecture with widescreen views; and more.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
“I know the city is working on a new building for the Santa Barbara Police Department. Once it’s finished, what will happen to the current building on E. Figueroa Street?” The answer.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another Santa Claus Lane shop is closing.
••• Progress comes to the Music Academy of the West.
••• The county is mulling bike and pedestrian improvements near Montecito beaches.
••• Opening date set for the Santa Barbara Hives shop in San Roque.
••• Holiday revue at the Lobero.
••• A question about the former QAD campus.
••• Antique owl prints at the Museum of Natural History.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Jeremy for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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