FOOD STUFF
••• Tyger Tyger will return next month (above).
••• Rare Society introduced happy hour.
••• Ojai restaurant adds a 2.9% surcharge for credit cards.
••• New ownership at Carpinteria’s Corktree Cellars.
••• A bounty of fresh herbs at Gelson’s.
••• The menu at Vega Vineyard & Farm in Buellton.
••• Bree’osh now bakes challah weekly.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Toro Canyon compound for $21.9 million; Bonnymede condo for $5 million; quick close of a 1970 house on Camino Viejo; 47 acres on the Gaviota coast; 1927 fixer in San Roque designed by Joseph Plunkett; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Proposed apartment complex to displace Elsie’s Tavern and Green Table.
••• Ready Set Confetti party store opens in Montecito.
••• 25% off everything at Jake & Jones this Thursday.
••• $10 million price cut on Padaro Lane.
••• Yet another hotel has changed hands.
••• Modoc Road tree decision delayed.
••• Charming Lower Riviera house now under $3 million.
••• Postcards from the Ojai Studio Artists tour.
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Recent Comments
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
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Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
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Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo
Just call it "The Copper" — Bob