FOOD STUFF
••• Tondi Gelato is closing.
••• New chef and a changing food program at El Encanto.
••• The search for a banana latte.
••• Weekend breakfast at Harry’s Plaza Café.
••• Solvang’s First & Oak to close.
••• A second location of Mesa Pizza Co.
••• “Supper club” dinners at Tyler x Lieu Dit.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Supersize spec reno for $20 million off the initial asking price; 1999 Montecito Mediterranean rumored to be getting scrapped; 1950 Chester Carjola in Oak Creek Canyon; the original floops for a big loss; architectural jumble off East Valley Road; Mission Canyon compound; and more. See what sold—and for how much. (Photo by Elevated Horizon, courtesy Nancy Kogevinas.)
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Ten percent of More Mesa has been preserved from development.
••• Covet women’s apparel open in Victoria Court (above).
••• Public meetings about the Paseo Nuevo redevelopment.
••• The Knit Shop moved a few doors away.
••• Vintage collective on State Street making progress.
••• Presentation about house history research.
••• The annual Ojai Studio Artists Tour is this weekend.
••• Family classes in the works at The Painted Cabernet.
••• Phone-repair shop DropSmashFix has left town.
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