WALK WITH ME
One of downtown’s very best strolling streets, E. Canon Perdido made me realize what a rewarding walking city Santa Barbara is—the mountains in the distance, the variety of architecture, and the quirky details….
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THE FOOD SCENE
••• Restaurant to open at the base of Amazon’s new State Street office (above).
••• Sama Sama Kitchen’s lunch menu.
••• Mosaic Locale is now permanent.
••• Mizza serving breakfast.
••• New Turkish bakery/café.
••• Pascucci relocating soon.
••• Gioia opening on State Street.
••• Mala Town in Isla Vista has closed.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions: 1918 Upper East gem hamstrung by bed-to-bath ratio (above); architectural exotica on the Riviera and in Hope Ranch; studs-up redo that would look like a better deal on a fancier street; what might be the best value in Upper Montecito.
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NEWS DIGEST
••• The round tower under construction on East Valley Road (above).
••• A standout candidate for state assembly.
••• Design changes to the San Ysidro roundabout.
••• New database of city building projects.
••• Goleta’s first cannabis store has opened.
••• Noletans oppose housing for mentally ill and homeless.
••• King tides are coming up.
••• Rescued barn owl released.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Two more shows announced at the Santa Barbara Bowl (above).
••• The Ashley Road bridge in Montecito reopens this week.
••• Sneak preview of acclaimed film Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
••• Lotusland’s winter break is over (and it has murals for sale).
••• “Master flipper” does well in Cielito.
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