FOOD STUFF
••• Nashville-style hot chicken restaurant opening on State Street (above).
••• Mendocino Farms chain coming to La Cumbre Plaza.
••• The Godmothers bookstore’s café has scaled back its ambitions.
••• Haas’s Fine Ice Cream profile.
••• New Thai restaurant taking the place of a closed one.
••• Expanded hours at the Dutch Garden.
••• Dinner at Tyler x Lieu Dit.
••• What’s up with Louie’s California Bistro?
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s many sales include an architect’s cool live/work building for $4.7 million; French Regency off-market in Birnam Wood; Hope Ranch in need of updating; Hedgerow-ish farmhouse; semi-remodel on Park Lane; Upper Hyde contemporary with awesome hot tub; 2015 Mediterranean on one of Santa Barbara’s best view streets; Padaro Lane midcentury modern; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The former Nordstrom building will be partially converted to residential.
••• More turnover on Coast Village Road.
••• Four new pickleball courts in Montecito.
••• Local production of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.
••• Jewelry store coming to the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Gogol Bordello to play the Arlington Theatre.
••• Arrediamo Home Decor is opening on State Street.
••• An evening with Albert Brooks.
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