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The first items you’ll see upon entering are Lay’s potato chips and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, but they’re fun outliers. The focus is decidedly artisanal—a mix of things you need and things you want, brands you love and brands you’ve never heard of.
Noteworthy new listings also include a Hedgerow fixer for $7.25 million; 1970s four-bedroom painted black; Via Los Santos compound; A-frame on two acres in Montecito; and more.
Plus: Bungalo805 is making a pivot toward childcare; Biltmore scuttlebutt; photos of Bellosguardo’s beach house and cabanas; update on the Montecito Water District’s smart meters; the Steward hotel has opened in Goleta.
More food news: Courthouse Tavern has closed; Sear Steakhouse to change name and concept; Terra opening soon at the Steward hotel; the Epicurean Santa Barbara dining club; Welcome Coffee Cart profile; Strange Beast karaoke; Thomas Keller’s likely template for the Coral Casino.
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Last week’s sales also include: Via Manana compound for $800,000 over ask; Hope Ranch three-bedroom off market; 1905 Craftsman where the Upper East meets the Lower Riviera; and more.
Plus: UCSB says Munger Hall is still on; big Summerland block party this Saturday; clothing boutique opening on Lillie Avenue; new tar-removal product; two exhibits at Sullivan & Goss; upcoming email blast about retail news.
Other recent news: UCSB is said to have pulled the plug on its monstrous dorm; Sonos is moving its headquarters to Goleta; is the Santa Barbara News-Press’s print edition dead for good?; favorable reaction to 37-unit W. Carrillo Street project; investigating the remnants of Japan’s 1942 attack at Timbers; no reopening estimate for Highway 1 near Big Sur; pilot program for a downtown tourist trolley.
Burning Questions
- What’s This Pole With a Flashing Blue Light?
- What Are These Sculptures on the Riviera?
- What’s the Origin Story of This Fence on Hot Springs Road?
- What’s the Housing Development Under Construction Next to the Polo Fields?
- Why Is Part of This West Beach Mosaic Covered in Concrete?
- What Was the Weeping Willow Inn?
- Why Are There Story Poles at Calle Real Center?
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