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
Ahh, ok. — HM
maybe they should devote 1-3% of their menu space to the vegan population — Bettye Jones
She owned it from 2005 to 2023. — Erik Torkells
Interesting that Oprah didn't add 377 Santa Rosa Lane to her Santa Rosa portfolio. — HM
Right, because the carnivores also have to ask what's on the menu. — Ken
The best way to reach the bar is to contact it directly at [email protected]. — Erik Torkells
5+ million (!!!) for a Montecito Shores condo where acoustics are so bad you can hear your upstairs and downstairs neighbors every move ??? — Kim