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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The lack of generosity above is truly astonishing. Santa Barbara is an extraordinarily expensive place to live, as we all know. The 5% toward team… — OJ
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Instant drop to 15% and a comment on the ticket explaining why. Should be illegal for restaurants to create extra charges out of thin air. — Cee Oh
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