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August 27, 2025

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Newsletter: August 27

August 27, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• The tenant of Linden Square’s rooftop bar.
••• Dom’s Taverna has opened (above).
••• Aegean on De La Guerra Plaza debuts soon.
••• First impressions of Rozzi Pizza.
••• Southern food pop-up at Sama San Roque.
••• Luna’s Cafe profile.
••• New farmstand in Goleta.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Lower Village farmhouse for $11.5 Million; flip in the Golden Quadrangle; Alta Mesa with a big view; semi-midcentury compound in Carpinteria; Mediterranean just above the Eastside; More Mesa neighbor; Hope Ranch spec reno; and more. See what sold—and for how much. (Photo by Eric Foote, courtesy Maureen McDermut.)

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BURNING QUESTIONS
“Many of Montecito’s major streets—Hot Springs, San Ysidro, etc.—weren’t repainted for at least a month after getting fog sealed. Why does the county wait so long? It seems dangerous to leave them unmarked.” The answer.

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