FOOD STUFF
••• Mokutan has closed.
••• Expanded hours and all-day menu at Na Na Thai.
••• Thali platters are back at Bibi Ji on Mondays (above).
••• Update on Santa Barbara Fish Market’s Goleta outpost.
••• Work underway at the former Pueblo Pollo.
••• Profiles of Blackbird and Terra.
••• Activity at the former Treehouse restaurant space.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Turnkey Picacho Lane compound for $36.5 million; 1914 Winsor Soule project in the Upper East; one for the houseguest-averse; 1925 teardown in central Montecito; Samarkand four-bedroom; Brinkerhoff Avenue cottage; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A local real estate legend tells all (above).
••• The Montecito Estate Sale is coming up.
••• Ojai Studio Artists tour.
••• Jeff Shelton on his redesign of the State Street undercrossing.
••• Floral design studio moving to Santa Claus Lane.
••• Vintage tile enthusiast.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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