Newsletter: December 17

FOOD STUFF
••• The end of the Isla Vista Food Coop Downtown Market.
••• The Grand on State update (above).
••• Status of the Chick-fil-A in Noleta.
••• The Copper Coffee Pot has opened.
••• Ghirardelli debuts next weekend.
••• Owners of The Harbor Restaurant are suing the city.
••• “Jet set après ski dining experience” coming to town.
••• Himalayan Kitchen closed for maintenance.
••• Pacific Pickle Works profile.
••• Merci’s chocolate caramels.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Bluff-front Hope Ranch estate for $22 million off the 2017 asking price; East Valley Road off-market; Loma Alicia townhouse; West Mesa midcentury; mini-compound near the APS roundabout; classic Barry Berkus on the Riviera; Mission Canyon spec reno; Summerland for a loss; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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CLOSING DOORS
Bar Lou is closing this week: Despite a flurry of interest after it opened in November 2024, the restaurant never gelled with local diners.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• Another small hotel proposed for downtown Santa Barbara.
••• An effort to reduce freeway noise.
••• New vintage shop in the Oreña Adobe.
••• Farewell to a beautiful overpass (above).
••• Give directly rather than to charity muggers.
••• More changes to the Biltmore.
••• New volunteer opportunity at Bellosguardo.
••• The big apartment complex under construction on E. Haley Street.
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