FOOD STUFF
••• Montecito is getting another coffee bar.
••• A new deli is opening at the Public Market.
••• Updates on the restaurants coming to The Post.
••• A chance to try Paradise pie (above).
••• The Manor Bar will now validate valet parking.
••• Robitaille’s Fine Candies in Carpinteria is closing.
••• Christmas kitschfest is back at Pearl Social.
••• Goleta outpost of Finney’s to open soon.
••• Honduran restaurant popping up inside Cafe La Fonda.
••• Giovanni’s Pizza is returning to Goleta.
••• Satisfying food from the Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: West Mesa house for 68% off the initial asking price; Hot Springs five-bedroom with ADU; half-old, half-new compound on Sycamore Canyon Road; stairs and views on Las Alturas; spec reno near Hendry’s Beach; 1928 Chapala cottage with funky walls; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A private “beach club” is setting up on East Beach.
••• Northbound San Ysidro Road off-ramp to reopen this week.
••• Another new boutique on State Street.
••• Questions about a Fernald Point renovation.
••• Santa Ynez General popping up in Summerland.
••• Hair salon coming to The Post.
••• The former Rite Aid building on State Street is for lease again.
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Hallelujah! The return of that Southbound on-ramp is long overdue — Tammy
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