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First Look at the Menu and Interiors of Augie’s

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With a Jeff Shelton makeover and an ambitious menu, the soft-opened restaurant at State and Ortega is aiming much higher than the usual rice-and-beans fare.

Proposed Apartment Complex to Displace Elsie’s Tavern and Green Table

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Plus: Ready Set Confetti party store opens in Montecito; 25% off everything at Jake & Jones this Thursday; $10 million price cut on Padaro Lane; yet another hotel has changed hands; Modoc Road tree decision delayed; charming Lower Riviera house now under $3 million; postcards from the Ojai Studio Artists tour.

Toro Canyon Compound Sells for $21.9 Million

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Last week’s sales also include a Bonnymede condo for $5 million; quick close of a 1970 house on Camino Viejo; 47 acres on the Gaviota coast; 1927 fixer in San Roque designed by Joseph Plunkett; and more.

Tyger Tyger Will Return Next Month

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More food news: Rare Society happy hour; Ojai restaurant adds a 2.9% surcharge for credit cards; new ownership at Carpinteria’s Corktree Cellars; a bounty of fresh herbs at Gelson’s; the menu at Vega Vineyard & Farm in Buellton; Bree’osh now bakes challah weekly.

Classic 1949 Adobe With Stairs to the Beach

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Noteworthy new listings also include seven agricultural acres in Carpinteria with a striking one-bedroom house; an “interesting, curious” Hope Ranch compound; 1980s architecture with widescreen views; and more.

Where in Santa Barbara…?

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Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments. (Update: We have a winner!)

Another Santa Claus Lane Shop Is Closing

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Plus: Progress comes to the Music Academy of the West; the county is mulling bike and pedestrian improvements near Montecito beaches; opening date set for Santa Barbara Hives’s shop in San Roque; holiday revue at the Lobero; a question about the former QAD campus; antique owl prints at the Museum of Natural History.

Timeless Architecture with Mountain Views

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Stunning mid-century architecture comes alive in this extensively re-imagined single-level Bel Air Knolls home. Conveniently located to downtown Santa Barbara, beaches, parks, and the Mesa!