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December 20, 2023

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Newsletter: December 20

December 20, 2023|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• In-N-Out Burger shot down by Buellton city council.
••• Lilac Montecito is aiming to be ready next month.
••• Odessa Lounge has opened.
••• Gin’s Tap Bar at Mattei’s Tavern is now a winery’s tasting room.
••• Expanded hours at Dang Burger.
••• Sushi Go Go is closed for construction.
••• Wild Tea Leaf and Mana Bakery have opened at Paseo Nuevo.
••• Bell’s alums to open a café.
••• Another suggestion for Jewish food.
••• Satellite’s new event space has a name.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Oceanfront home above Hendry’s Beach for $8.75 million; 1989 three-bedroom in the Lower Village; Sycamore Canyon Mediterranean after 18 months; 1946 Spanish-style off market; Romero Canyon cottage; and a renovated ranch house above More Mesa. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• How would you like to live in a Quonset hut?
••• A preschool is opening on the Riviera.
••• Changes to the Highway 101 interchange at Hot Springs Road/Cabrillo Boulevard (above).
••• San Ysidro Road off-ramp slated to reopen soon.
••• Drybar pushed its debut back a bit.
••• Cannabis chain Megan’s Organic Market now open in Goleta.
••• Siteline is on Threads.
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