FOOD STUFF
••• Updates on Augie’s, Alma Fonda Fina, and Wexler’s Deli.
••• Lighthouse Coffee opened in Calle Real Shopping Center.
••• Metropulos Fine Foods has sold.
••• Clark’s Oyster Bar progress.
••• Santa Barbara Restaurant Week is coming up.
••• Priedite Barbecue has moved.
••• Nook Pizzeria profile.
••• The Nella Kitchen & Bar folks are opening a “pinsa café” in Santa Ynez.
••• The story of Montecito’s Bottle Shop.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Two-acre Hedgerow compound for $16.5 million; 40-acre ranch outside Santa Ynez; 1970s architecture on Alameda Padre Serra; off-market in Cielito; five-bedroom above More Mesa; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• CycleBar indoor cycling studio opens this week.
••• Recommendation for TropiCali Beauty Boutique.
••• Daryl Hall and Elvis Costello at the Bowl.
••• The French Wave Film Festival.
••• The Well is having a sale.
••• Workshop on potential sites to be rezoned for housing.
••• Secret Stairs guidebook to L.A.
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Renaming the post office and spending $500 k to do it. Is another great example tax payers money being wasted. — Dan Kolodziejski
Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
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
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