FOOD STUFF
••• The new tenant of the Oliver’s building.
••• Nick the Greek menu and interior.
••• The rumor about SY Kitchen taking the Via Vai space.
••• Cagami Ramen said to be opening in Goleta.
••• The name of the Public Market’s bars.
••• Possible pivot for the former McKenzie Market.
••• Update on Rory’s Place in Ojai.
••• Praise for Rori’s flavor of the month.
••• Ethnic Breads’s retail bakery in Goleta has opened.
••• More on the plan to turn a historic gas station into a café.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Cielito midcentury for $620,000 over ask; six-bedroom on 5.6 acres in the Hedgerow; near Butterfly Beach for $1.55 million off the initial asking price; Via Clarice Mediterranean; freestanding condo on E. Canon Perdido; quirky downtown cottage; Brinkerhoff Avenue Victorians; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Big price cut for the “floating home” at the harbor.
••• Xanadu Skate Boutique is having a moving sale.
••• The new mural at Gutierrez and Chapala.
••• The Highway 217 onramp at Sandspit Road will be closed for at least another year.
••• Vintage clothing shop opening on State Street.
••• 21-unit apartment complex proposed for Hollister Avenue.
••• More on Birnam Wood Golf Club’s improvements.
••• Where Eye of the Day is moving to.
••• Paid parking at W. De La Guerra vacant lot.
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