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December 13, 2023

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Newsletter: December 13

December 13, 2023|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Two new restaurant spaces proposed in the Funk Zone (above).
••• Uptown Lounge is reopening.
••• Stella Mare’s got another reprieve.
••• Finney’s Crafthouse is coming to Goleta.
••• Santa Paula restaurant opening on State Street.
••• Rumored tenant next to the Public Market.
••• Sunstone Winery pop-up.
••• Reader question about Jewish food for Hanukkah.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Woodsy midcentury by Lockwood de Forest for $11.5 million; Birnam Wood three-bedroom; 4,426-square-footer by San Antonio Canyon Park; 1929 Spanish Colonial in the Upper East; 1926 Edwards & Plunkett French Norman Revival; a wreck on the Riviera; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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BURNING QUESTIONS
“Have you tried driving on Sola Street lately? It’s no longer a two-way street from end to end, thanks to barriers that divert traffic at Santa Barbara Street and De La Vina Street. What’s the goal here?” The answer.

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