FOOD STUFF
••• The name of the Upper Village’s next new restaurant (above).
••• Likely tenants of the Maritime Museum’s two restaurant spaces.
••• Chick-fil-A on Calle Real faces pushback.
••• Petra Cafe in flux; more on Beau, the “storytelling bar.”
••• Easter provisions at Carpinteria’s forthcoming gourmet market.
••• Santa Barbara line etiquette.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Toro Canyon hacienda for $9.6 million; Pepper Hill contemporary in need of updating; Hope Ranch Mediterranean; 2023 four-bedroom in the Boulders community; Campanil midway through a gut reno; Park Highlands spiffer-upper; Hidden Valley for over $3 million; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Santa Barbara’s Coach Outlet is getting upgraded to full brand status.
••• New art studio for kids downtown.
••• Sirena women’s boutique has moved.
••• A wasted Funk Zone parking lot.
••• Tape on the trail.
••• Answer to last weekend’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
••• The return of Tomatomania!
••• Overhear anything interesting lately?
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