FOOD STUFF
••• There’s hope for Arnoldi’s Café (diorama by Michael E. Long).
••• White Caps Beach Club has opened.
••• Cajé Coffee Roasters is coming to Goleta.
••• Mony’s is now at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Tyler x Lieu Dit tasting room has opened.
••• Profile of Luretík olive oil.
••• Casa Dumetz Winery changed its name.
••• Updates on two Solvang restaurants.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: A pair of Padaro Lane houses for $21.5 million; the house Katy Perry went to court for; Montecito compound in need of updating; renovated Mesa four-bedroom for $4.2 million; two in the Lower Village; Lower Riviera cottages; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The return of the Miramar resort’s swim raft.
••• An astute take on the State Street problem.
••• The Knit Shop has opened.
••• Menswear shop Tendrel is moving within the Funk Zone.
••• The new owner of the Ballard Inn.
••• 52 units of affordable housing in the pipeline.
••• Some thoughts about the West Mesa house asking $7.7 million.
••• More on the stone pine trees on E. Anapamu Street.
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