FOOD STUFF
••• Changes are coming to the Breakwater Restaurant (above).
••• Another ice cream shop is opening on State Street.
••• Indochine is under new ownership and will be rebranded next year.
••• Checking out Mother Dough bagels.
••• Pang Zi Noodle Shop profile.
••• Fly by Jing’s Sichuan Gold oil.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: 1928 Joseph Plunkett in Hope Ranch; 1990 three-bedroom in Birnam Wood; Goleta Mediterranean on 15 acres; 1932 Spanish Colonial Revival with guest house on Alameda Padre Serra; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Shopkeepers and Mācher are opening in Carpinteria.
••• Sephora is said to be moving to State Street.
••• Simple design selected for Franceschi Park (above).
••• Changes to the townhouse complex across from Santa Barbara Cemetery.
••• Dollar Tree is open.
••• Alien invasion.
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