Plus: The Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival is coming up; 22 RV cabins and 17 yurts proposed west of the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; an especially good year to celebrate SYV Pride; the Mariachi Festival returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl; street-sign typos.
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On the menu this year: beachfront dining, high-end sushi, a fresh take on the corner store, doughnuts, upmarket Mexican, an oyster bar, and much more.
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Noteworthy new listings also include a freshly renovated 1927 Joseph Plunkett house in San Roque; makeover candidate in Hope Ranch; Upper East Colonial with more rooms than it knows what to do with; Riviera fixer; and more.
Santa Barbara’s coolest restaurant has a sophomore effort in the works. It’s called Linden Hall, it’s in part of the old Señor Frog’s building, and it won’t serve pizza.
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Designed by Floyd Brewster, protégé of George Washington Smith and the architect behind the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the historic estate is situated on over an acre of exquisitely landscaped grounds in the coveted Hope Ranch enclave.
Burning Questions
- What’s This Pole With a Flashing Blue Light?
- What Are These Sculptures on the Riviera?
- What’s the Origin Story of This Fence on Hot Springs Road?
- What’s the Housing Development Under Construction Next to the Polo Fields?
- Why Is Part of This West Beach Mosaic Covered in Concrete?
- What Was the Weeping Willow Inn?
- Why Are There Story Poles at Calle Real Center?
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