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"The Loreto team (Alejandro Marin, Lena Kohl, and chef Paco Moran) will open a new Montecito restaurant in the former Stella Mare’s Bistro space—less than a mile from popular pizzeria Bettina—with design by Lena Kohl that is set to include a greenhouse. Chef Paco Moran will helm a menu with plenty of seafood and meats cooked over fire, this time using a mesquite wood-burning grill, continuing the fire-focused approach he used at Loreto. The former Stella Mare ran its last service on New Year’s Eve 2024. Projected opening: Early 2026." - Mona Holmes