FOOD STUFF
••• Happy Cat café to open on the Santa Barbara waterfront (above).
••• Corazón Comedor soft-opens this weekend.
••• We Want the Funk should open for real next week (and is offering a preview this weekend).
••• The appealing breakfast and lunch menus at Oat Bakery’s new Old Town Goleta outpost.
••• Merci ginger molasses cookie dough.
••• Augie’s is now serving weekend brunch.
••• Jersey Mike’s has opened in Noleta.
••• Local chef trying to make cannabis tastier.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Sweet Riviera house with an even sweeter backyard; a terrific 200-year-old downtown adobe on the National Register of Historic Places; East Coast vibes in the Upper East; contemporary renovation in West Mesa; and more.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Poking around Palm Springs for a few days can feel like a trip much farther away, both in space and time. Plus, Acme Hospitality recently opened a new hotel called Azure Sky there.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The Ortega Park redesign is close to finalized.
••• Election results trickle in along expected lines, but the Surfliner Inn contest remains close.
••• Why Aloha Fun Center fizzled.
••• 332-unit apartment complex in Goleta moves forward.
••• New Santa Barbara High School building approved (above).
••• Sears signs removed.
••• Pushback for the two-room Funk Zone hotel.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to BW for identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again Saturday morning.
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