MOVING ON UP
Hook & Press is getting its own place: Santa Barbara’s premier doughnut shop is taking over the former Jeannine’s Bakery space in La Arcada—and it plans on expanding its offerings to include cake doughnuts, vegan and gluten-free doughnuts, and savory breakfast and brunch items.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 3,100 acres of Carpinteria countryside for a gentleman farmer with $75 million; a 1915 Riviera house bashful about its interiors; midcentury architecture in Coast Village; yet another Hope Ranch fixer; a Melrose Place situation downtown; proof that not everything in the Hedgerow is charming; a big Monterey Colonial in San Roque; wacky decor up by the Botanic Garden; and more.
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FOOD STUFF
••• The Daisy is getting ready to reopen.
••• A new restaurant is coming to the former Little Door space across from the courthouse (above).
••• San Roque strip mall being renovated to accommodate multiple food-and-beverage tenants.
••• Cambria restaurant recommendations?
••• Alphie’s Restaurant in Old Town Goleta won’t be reopening.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Forward progress of TV Hill fire has been stopped and a suspected arsonist was arrested (photo by Mike Eliason).
••• Santa Barbara County to ignore CDC and follow state guidance on masks.
••• Yellow tier still out of reach.
••• Expanded in-person summer classes at UC Santa Barbara.
••• Effort to discourage homeless on Milpas Street.
••• Foodbank food-and-cookware drive this Saturday.
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HOT PROPERTY
Notable sales this week: Oceanfront Hope Ranch for $17 million, two Romero Canyon megamansions, a charming Montecito farmhouse compound, an oceanfront teardown near Thousand Steps Beach, a San Roque contemporary, an El Caserio two-bedroom, and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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