Newsletter: January 5

FOOD STUFF
••• More on the restaurant opening in the former Mollie’s space.
••• An exciting new Ojai restaurant debuts this week.
••• JJ’s Diner is no more.
••• Padaro Beach Grill has reopened.
••• Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant’s downtown outpost has closed.
••• More on Beans BBQ’s forthcoming State Street restaurant.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Ortega Ridge farmhouse for $16 million; 1950s adobe walkable to Hammonds Beach; 2016 San Roque house that went for well over the initial ask; six-bedroom house in a Goleta gated community; an unbuilt house in the Boulders; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern has begun taking reservations (above).
••• Kismet lingerie-and-jewelry boutique is already expanding.
••• Isla boutique in the Hotel Californian has closed.
••• Maune Contemporary art gallery opens this week.
••• More on a prominent Channel Drive property.
••• Book recommendation for people who love Santa Barbara history.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Cottage Hospital has stopped allowing visitors again.
••• Mask mandate extended another month.
••• Covid tests are in short supply.
••• The Santa Barbara Arts shop in La Arcada Plaza is closing after 18 years.
••• A profile of AutoCamp, the Santa Barbara–based chain of Airstream hotels.
••• Six people recently robbed Macy’s.
••• East Valley Road water main construction.
••• The buyers of a Bali-inspired house in Montecito.
••• A new 112-square-mile nature preserve.
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