EXCLUSIVE
A major new shopping destination in Montecito: The developers behind Platform in Culver City are converting the Las Aves complex into shops and restaurants—and they’re close to buying two other buildings on Los Patos Way.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Mony’s is now open for dinner.
••• Pearl Social’s holiday extravaganza is coming back (above).
••• L’antica Pizzeria da Michele is very close to opening.
••• The rumored tenant of the former Montecito Wine Bistro space.
••• Update on Oat Bakery’s Goleta outpost.
••• A liquor-license application on Park Lane in Montecito.
••• Pueblo Pollo’s special Pakistani menu.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Green bike lane markings are being removed from the State Street Promenade.
••• Chapala Street bike lane extended.
••• Two southbound Highway 101 off-ramps are reopening.
••• Grocery Outlet shopping center sold.
••• Plaza del Mar band shell funding.
••• The answer to the final “Where in Santa Barbara…?” restroom photo.
••• Fake spider web dos and don’ts.
••• Istanbul travel advice.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Debate continues over the State Street Promenade.
••• Olive Mill ramps to be closed for roundabout construction.
••• Comedian Andy Dick arrested for alleged burglary in Santa Barbara.
••• Drift hotel slated to open in December.
••• The seasonal closure of Loma Alta Drive.
••• Santa Barbara News-Press to stop daily delivery.
••• ExxonMobil bought troubled crude oil Pipelines from Plains All American.
••• ZooLights is coming to the Santa Barbara Zoo (above).
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Tal for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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