FOOD STUFF
••• New restaurant opening in the former Mercury Lounge space (above).
••• Old Town Coffee has expanded inside and out.
••• Lunch at Revolver.
••• Sanders & Sons Gelato has opened in Ojai.
••• Santa Barbara Vintners Spring Weekend postponed till next spring.
••• Outpost of Jersey Mike’s coming to Goleta.
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HOT PROPERTY
Santa Barbara real estate continues to sell like hotcakes—it was another $80 million week in closings (and that’s just the properties over $3 million). See what sold and for how much, including two Picacho Lane estates, a Hope Ranch architectural statement, a midcentury with potential, and a Lower Riviera charmer.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Update on the quest to buy part of the San Marcos Foothills.
••• More on the ongoing closure of the Biltmore (above).
••• Santa Barbara Unified School District to fully reopen.
••• Goleta’s Storke Plaza to get redone.
••• Interview with former mayor Sheila Lodge.
••• Residents use stimulus money to plant community garden.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Impressive new craft studio opening downtown (above).
••• Gorjana jewelry shop has opened in Montecito.
••• Highway 1 repairs to be completed by April 30.
••• Aquarium store Aquatic Jewels opening imminently.
••• Price cut and renderings for semi-finished estate.
••• Tours of the San Marcos Foothills.
••• Book of movie recommendations from the Santa Barbara International Festival.
••• The State Street Advisory Committee seeks members.
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