Fresco at the Market Opens Today at the Santa Barbara Public Market
More food news: Silvers Omakase earned a Michelin star; first look at the menus for Seoulmate Kitchen, coming soon to the Public Market; taste-testing Lily's Donuts; Bar Lou added a bar menu; Tutti Frutti Farms profile; two new restaurants in Ojai. 6
1932 Reginald Johnson in the Golden Quadrangle Sells for $10.25 Million
Last week's sales also include a Birnam Wood contemporary; 1925 Riviera Tudor by Winsor Soule; Cape Cod five-bedroom next to the Hope Ranch tennis courts; one of Lutah Maria Riggs's lesser works; 1928 floops in Hope Ranch; 1940 Mediterranean on the Lower Riviera; Upper East off-market; and more. 2
A Music Festival Is Coming to the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club
Plus: Two new boutiques selling women's apparel; Mācher‘s Linden Square shop opens this week; another development site in the Haley Street Corridor?; the state of the Tesla chargers at the Miramar resort; new local streaming radio station; awkward typography on the San Ysidro Road off-ramp sign; ZZ Top to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; pronouncing "jacaranda." 16
Supercool Midcentury in the Heart of Montecito
Noteworthy new listings also include the 1931 George Washington Smith house at the end of Plaza Rubio; Montecito one-bedroom for $5.7 million; bluff-front hexadecagon next to the Thousand Steps; Hope Ranch renovation; 1898 Lower Riviera compound; beautiful floors in Mission Canyon; high-design ADU on the Mesa; and more. 3
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Great list!! I have to get the patatas bravas every time I go to Little Mountain. I need to try the Pastrami sandwich. Thanks for… — Kimi JM
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