WALK WITH ME
The part of downtown in the crook of Highway 101 has off-the-charts charm—as well as a savory dash of quirk.
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FOOD STUFF
A popular bakery/café in Santa Barbara has plans to open a Montecito outpost—and it may even introduce dinner service.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Hubba hubba in Hope Ranch; the 1919 Villa Firenze on Mission Canyon Road; an Upper East house with potential; Craftsman charm in the Bungalow Haven district; a 1946 house designed by Kem Weber; a Joseph Plunkett cutie in San Roque; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Coast Village Road parklets to be limited to two parking spaces.
••• The plan to turn the Palms in Carpinteria into a hotel has fallen through.
••• Cannabis farms accused of improperly drawing water from the Santa Ynez River.
••• Patagonia’s founder is donating the company to charity.
••• New beach structure underway at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
••• Mall storefronts being used as gallery spaces.
••• The history of a house on Garcia Road.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Jillian for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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Recent Comments
The owner of the Harbor Restaurant is not only a real estate agent he’s also a real estate attorney. Is he really trying to tell… — FoodieSB
And the most authentic and genuine store of all “The Santa Barbara Company” not even mentioned … — Jane Phila Rogers
Just went to the Copper Coffee Pot today and the Caserta Pizza was just as good as when it was L’Antica. Yay! — ElizabethW
I love the Surfing Cowboy Cap from Baja Montecito!! — john
Does the Après Ski party include a lift ticket? — Heidi Smith
Bravo, Music Academy of the West! — Deborah David
Santa Barbara Museum of Art gift shop has moved upstairs. Still a great place to shop with lots of Impressionist merchandise to match the GREAT… — LG
This is the box outside of Ca’ Dario at the corner of Anacapa and Victoria. — Mike
Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy