FOOD STUFF
••• Rincon Brewery’s Funk Zone outpost has closed (above).
••• Validation Ale looks to expand its outdoor space.
••• Bluewater Grill update.
••• Profile of non-alcoholic beverage maker Glasrose.
••• Jamaican food on lower State Street.
••• Westside food market in the works.
••• Montesano Group said to be opening a restaurant in the Santa Ynez Valley.
••• Buellton is getting a farmers’ market.
••• Tamar’s chicken schnitzel sandwich.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Hope Ranch spec reno for $4.5 million off the asking price; 1925 Spanish Colonial on Alameda Padre Serra; 1970s architecture in Campanil; breaking the $4 million barrier in San Roque; 1911 cottage near East Beach; fixer-teardown east of the Hedgerow; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Huge new building proposed between the Funk Zone and East Beach (rendering courtesy Cearnal Collective).
••• Let’s help get Old Romero Road trail reopened.
••• Tour of six Jeff Shelton buildings and his office.
••• Santa Barbara Literary Festival tickets.
••• Chet Taylor show at Separate Reality.
••• Pianist Hershey Felder’s change of plans.
••• Impressive new artwork in the Funk Zone.
••• Another Santa Barbara Bowl show announced.
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