FOOD STUFF
••• Intermezzo to reopen with a streamlined menu.
••• Mission City Sandwich Shop now offers half-size sandwiches.
••• Mony’s opened an outpost at UCSB.
••• Dom’s Taverna is serving lunch and brunch.
••• Update about Jeannine’s on upper State Street.
••• Madam Lu Chinese Restaurant to close after 27 years.
••• Pop-up brunch at Aegean.
••• Wingstop chain coming to the Mesa.
••• A recipe by Bell’s chef Daisy Ryan.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales include the first closing at the Santa Barbara Polo Residences; single-level five-bedroom in Ennisbrook; successful floopses off Picacho Lane and on Alameda Padre Serra; Alta Mesa renovation for nearly $1.4 million below the initial ask; three-bedroom West Beach condo; Riviera fixer; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Yet another temporary adjustment to the State Street Promenade (above).
••• Habitat Home & Garden’s Santa Barbara shop is closing.
••• DJ Javier show at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
••• Jack Johnson at the Arlington Theatre.
••• Candle Bar 111 moving within the Funk Zone.
••• Two new Coast Village Road shops have debuted.
••• Game Seeker has found a new home.
••• Indie Beauty Collective opened in Paseo Nuevo.
••• Documentary about the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network.
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