
FOOD STUFF
••• Top-notch Thai food in Los Olivos (above).
••• The restaurant at the Santa Ynez Inn has soft-opened (and it looks rather pretty).
••• La Lieff Funk Zone tasting room has yet to open.
••• Another marvelous diorama by artist Michael E. Long.
••• Three recipes from Barbareño’s forthcoming cookbook.
••• Update on the Teddy’s outpost coming to the former Mackenzie Market space.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Hope Ranch midcentury by architect Carl Maston; sorta-flip west of More Mesa; turnkey 1930 Spanish; family-friendly size and layout in San Roque; two on Coronada Circle; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The long-planned rerouting of McMenemy Trail.
••• Historic Landmarks Commission pans the apartment complex proposed for De La Vina and Carrillo.
••• The buyer of the recent flip by Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.
••• Santa Claus Lane cannabis shop approved.
••• Goleta moves to reduce plastic consumption.
••• Calvary Cemetery plans on adding double-decker crypts.
••• Montecito homicide grows more mysterious.
••• The federal government hopes to overturn the offshore fracking moratorium.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Planned Parenthood’s big annual book sale is coming up.
••• A show of work by architects who are also artists (above).
••• Three Highway 101 off-ramps are due to reopen soon.
••• Montecito Collective has expanded with a second shop.
••• New pet-relief area at Santa Barbara Airport in the works.
••• Shoe store opening on State Street.
••• The answer to last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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