FOOD STUFF
••• New York–style pizzeria opening on State Street.
••• First look at downtown’s new Indian breakfast-and-lunch restaurant (above).
••• Opening forecast for Cajé Coffee Roasters in Goleta.
••• Noma Projects pantry pop-up at Domecíl.
••• The Ellwood’s outdoor event space.
••• Ojai restaurant closing.
••• Pressed Juicery’s Santa Barbara outpost has shuttered.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: An eye-popping price in Samarkand; Lower Riviera grande dame with elbow room; what might be the best property on Shepard Mesa; Toro Canyon spiffer-upper; Upper East Tudor; 1890 Victorian downtown; traditional curb appeal in Bel Air Knolls; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Beach tar blamed on natural seepage.
••• TJ Maxx said to be opening in Goleta.
••• Two aggressive mosquito species found here.
••• Automated self-service dry cleaning kiosk.
••• Pedro De La Cruz and Olivia Joffrey art exhibit.
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