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••• Recipes Bakery and Jolly Brothers catering, which shared the building at 604 Santa Barbara Street (Cota/Ortega), have closed and the cute little building is for sale.
•••The bar/restaurant/music venue planned for 330 State Street (at Gutierrez Street) appears to have run out of fuel, with the building listed for sale for $7.9 million.
••• Little Bird Kitchen at Santa Barbara Public Market opens tomorrow. Here’s the menu.
••• The building that houses Clementine’s Steakhouse at 4631 Carpinteria Road sold in April for $1.645 million (although I only found out about that recently). When the property was first listed for sale, Clementine’s management said they would consider entering into a long-term lease with the new owner if the property were sold. The buyer was a man named Juan Hernandez.
••• Pearl Social has reopened as Pearl Social Cocktail Club. Pictured below are some of the new items that Jason Paluska of The Lark has come up with for the food menu: Eagle Rock oysters, Caribbean fried chicken, Ras el Hanout mixed nuts, tempura green beans, cheese board, and “Chips & Dip” with whipped crème fraîche, salmon roe, chives, and truffle potato chips.
••• The Independent ran mini-profiles of eight local bartenders.
••• I took my own advice and had a croissant at Santa Barbara Hives in Carpinteria. It was delicious. I wasn’t expecting it to be so firm and look like a chunky manatee, but it was beautifully layered and torn apart and tasted perfect. So I went back and had a chocolate and cherry croissant that was even better (partly because I got there before 8 and the croissant was still warm and drizzled in melted chocolate). Now I’ve got to go for pizza.
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