May 1, 2024
Tag: Clevr
February 9, 2022
Make Smith Leather Company Has Closed Its Store
Plus: The Hotel Indigo in the Funk Zone has been rebranded; new State Street gallery will showcase 20th-century decorative arts; an update on the Bungalo805 private club for parents and kids; Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; a one-way block of Anacapa Street will be changed to two-way; Capisce pop-up this Saturday; answer to last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?" 3
November 10, 2021
First Look at the Menu for Reunion Kitchen, Now Open on East Beach
More food news: Labor-of-love Italian dessert restaurant coming to Paseo Nuevo; no signs of life online at the Kitchen incubator/restaurant; Goleta's Gladden and Sons grocery store has closed; Capisce Market and Clevr pop-up this Saturday; Good Lion is working on another Ventura establishment; in praise of Gipsy Hill Bakery's pears in pastry. 1
February 4, 2021
Miniature Dioramas of Santa Barbara Dive Bars
More food news: South Coast Deli is opening in San Roque; the Blue Owl is under new ownership; rumors of a new Mesa ice cream shop; Mackenzie Market and Yanni's Greek & American Deli have reportedly closed; Rancho San Julian's Elizabeth Poett has a new TV show; Clevr's "instant superlattes"; lunch at La Paloma Cafe; the appealing Frontside Cafe in Ventura. 1
















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You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
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