FOOD STUFF
••• First look inside Clark’s Oyster Bar, now open on Coast Village Road (above).
••• The name and concept of the restaurant taking Stella Mare’s space.
••• RH’s Firehouse Grill is said to be opening next weekend.
••• Progress for the restaurant coming to The Palms in Carpinteria.
••• Finney’s Crafthouse has opened in Goleta.
••• Validation Ale Annex now has golf simulators.
••• Tamar’s holiday lamb feast.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: A record-breaker in Montecito Shores; ridonkulous 1980s architecture in Ennisbrook; Parra Grande Lane compound off-market; 2006 contemporary on 20 acres; Samarkand spec reno; itty-bitty cottage near the Museum of Natural History. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A closer look at Bellosguardo’s beach house and cabanas (above).
••• New interior design studio/private club in Santa Barbara.
••• Art & Soul’s State Street gallery opens this week.
••• James Taylor to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Valerie June coming to the Lobero Theatre.
••• Drilling in San Ysidro Creek.
••• Lots of plantings at San Ysidro Ranch’s botanical garden.
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