Newsletter: August 18

FOOD STUFF
••• Centennial Beer Hall opens this Wednesday.
••• Wine Therapy is moving into part of the Cruisery.
••• A list of Santa Barbara’s best taquerias.
••• Another mobile bar debuts (above).
••• The prettiest restaurant courtyard in town is for sale.
••• A change to Bagel Boiz’ modus operandi.
••• TAP Thai is opening a second outpost.
••• More Jersey Mike’s for Goleta.
••• Via Maestra 42 has changed hands.
••• Open house and tasting at winery for sale.
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HOT PROPERTY
The market is still burning hot: last week’s notable sales include a Moroccan Hogwarts for $22 million; a swanky Hope Ranch house for $19.9 million; a former hotel on a prominent corner in Carpinteria; a ton of off-market transactions, including several flips; and many more. See what sold and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• A snazzy new building downtown (above).
••• AIA Santa Barbara’s upcoming virtual tour celebrating “design excellence.”
••• New State Street shop buys and sells vintage sports apparel and streetwear.
••• Proposal to add gates to the parking lot paseo on Figueroa.
••• City council candidate at the farmers’ market.
••• Cool show coming up at the Community Arts Workshop.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Magnolia founders Chip and Joanna Gaines are reportedly looking in Montecito.
••• An old oil well dumped around 500 gallons of oil into Toro Canyon.
••• The tree of the month is the marvelous Bunya-Bunya.
••• New tenant for the former Carrows/Denny’s space in Goleta.
••• Carbon-scrubbing technology proposed for massive pot greenhouse complex in Carpinteria.
••• The town of Port Hueneme is mulling a name change.
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