FOOD STUFF
••• Recipes Bakery has closed (above).
••• Pearl Social has reopened.
••• Excellent croissants in Carpinteria.
••• Little Bird Kitchen opens tomorrow.
••• The Andalucia Building on Lower State has been put on the market.
••• The Clementine’s Steak House building changed hands.
••• Profiles of eight local bartenders.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Renovated Crocker Row classic for $6.35 million; view compound on Bella Vista Drive; two-bedroom townhome for $4 million; Lower Riviera Mediterranean; woodsiness in Summerland; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• What can be done about reckless e-bike riders?
••• Checking out Favorites, the new vintage shop on State Street.
••• One lane of Highway 154 has reopened.
••• Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
••• De La Guerra merchants’ open house.
••• Cold Spring Creek bridge replacement.
••• Conejo Hardwoods to open a showroom here.
••• Cigar shop closed.
••• The county’s request for more information about the Miramar’s proposed expansion.
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I agree with most except that bicycle traffic is not good for business on State street. We spend more on State when riding as its… — Don
I agree with you that it isn’t terribly inviting. It just looks like a street. Numerous case studies show people won’t use pedestrian thoroughfares that… — BW
Serious suggestion ... if State Street isn't working as a "street," change it into something else. Add a water feature? Make it a High Line-esque… — A
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Agreed. Not one mention from the city how they would pay for all this (they are in a budget deficit as it is) or made… — Jefferson A.
It doesn’t seem that complicated? The opening at night is for deliveries, maintenance, and service, similar to how it’s opened for that at night today. — TJ
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These draft plans are ridiculous. At this point, just revert things to what they were. I was a promenade proponent pre-COVID. Attended the town halls… — BW
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