FOOD STUFF
••• Shake Shack is said to be opening in the Funk Zone.
••• Tamar is serving lunch three days a week.
••• Metropulos Fine Foods is preparing to sell its equipment.
••• The Belching Dragon Tavern space is for lease.
••• High Seas Mead’s taproom has opened.
••• Na Na Thai popping up at Third Window.
••• Brass Bird Coffee profile.
••• The food plan at Tyler Winery’s forthcoming tasting room.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: The Whale House in Mission Canyon; 71-acre ranch compound east of Solvang; a pair of one-acre lots on Hot Springs Road; off-market across from Shoreline Park; Cielito fixer; Alex D’Alfonso on De La Guerra Road; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A visit to the Goleta Butterfly Grove.
••• The public got to explore the house Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom won in a legal fight (above).
••• Stabiles is moving.
••• Find Your Feet rebranded as Sock Harbor.
••• Another clothing shop on State Street.
••• Two four-story buildings going up on Garden Street.
••• Stratinc took over a State Street storefront.
••• “Curb Your Enthusiasm” promotion.
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