FOOD STUFF
••• Mollie’s restaurant has closed.
••• Who’s opening a brewery in the Funk Zone.
••• A new name for the Corazón Cocina spinoff.
••• Another option for recycling wine corks.
••• The De La Vina Starbucks appears to be happening.
••• Carp Kitchen & Grocery is now offering dinner.
••• Santa Barbara chosen as test city for surplus-food app.
••• Live performances at the Blue Owl.
••• Hochaya Tea House opened in Goleta.
••• What’s up and running at Solvang’s PARc Place redevelopment.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week was the slowest in recent memory, undoubtedly due to the lack of inventory. Notable sales include four-bedrooms in Birnam Wood and near Toro Canyon, a 1956 house on Eucalyptus Hill, and a Via Alicia townhouse. See what sold—and for how much.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• While UCSB explained the rationale for its proposed Munger Hall and benefactor Charlie Munger compared the bedrooms to basement restrooms, students protested, architecture history professors started a petition, and local architects blasted the design.
••• Goleta will sue UCSB over the lack of student housing.
••• Carpinteria High School’s Warrior statue will not be redesigned.
••• The Rincon Multi-Use Trail moves forward.
••• More study approved for floating wind farms.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• An Atlanta-based contemporary art gallery is opening downtown (above).
••• Kismet lingerie-and-jewelry boutique has soft-opened in Montecito.
••• 1930s highway bridge once again visible in Cachuma Lake.
••• The CALM Antique and Vintage Show & Sale is coming up.
••• An aerial shot of the Pepper Hill mound mansion.
••• The latest in outdoor end tables.
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