FOOD STUFF
••• The new Carp Kitchen & Grocery has sandwiches, salads and more.
••• First look at the menus for Timbers Roadhouse and Whiskey Joe’s, now open in outer Goleta.
••• More on SeaLegs, taking over the old Goleta Beach restaurant space.
••• A profile of Riviera Bar.
••• Something “like a Finney’s” is coming to the former Outback Steakhouse building.
••• El Pollo Loco is now Pueblo Pollo.
••• Crazy Jim’s taqueria has closed.
••• Costa is a nice place for a drink.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: dreamy 1922 Riviera villa that went for $7 million off-market; a knoll-top property near Toro Canyon; Montecito house with a glamorous semi-circular pool; Hope Ranch Tudor flip; Eucalyptus Hill house with abundant charm; Upper East grande dame that needs updating; and many more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• When the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern is now expected to open.
••• The first exhibit of Huguette Clark’s artwork since 1929 (above).
••• The giant red stiletto’s backstory.
••• Upgrades to Casa Las Palmas in Chase Palm Park.
••• Mystery activity at the corner of De La Vina and Mission.
••• That time Jeff Shelton made a giant pencil.
••• A peek inside the Pepper Hill mound house.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Like many Americans, when my husband and I were finally able to go abroad, we went to Greece. Athens proved more interesting than it gets credit for, and one of the island resorts was the prettiest hotel I’ve ever seen. But beauty isn’t everything….
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