
FOOD STUFF
••• Mediterranean restaurant to open on De La Guerra Plaza (above).
••• Merci is gearing up to launch bistro-style dinner service.
••• Haas’s Fine Ice Cream has opened.
••• The Goleta outpost of Kyle’s Kitchen appears to be in flux.
••• Japanese food-and-sake show.
••• Thai-Chinese collaboration at Na Na Thai.
••• Lucky’s plans to open two more locations.
••• Summerland Winery is shutting down.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Storybook and stylish near the Upper Village; striking interiors on E. Mountain Drive; 2013 contemporary on Las Canoas; Yankee Farm opportunity; the toothpaste-colored house on Brinkerhoff Avenue; Hope Ranch floops; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• MarBorg’s massive new headquarters takes a step forward (above).
••• The Fiesta rodeo is in flux.
••• Sea animals are dying from a toxic algae bloom.
••• Aesthetic tweaks for the big apartment building proposed for Milpas Street.
••• New Carpinteria surf shop.
••• Senior housing on Laguna Street to get upsized.
••• The county’s expensive ambulance mess.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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