FOOD STUFF
••• Arnoldi’s Cafe has reopened.
••• First look at the menu of Etty’s Jewish Deli & Bakery.
••• Four-month reprieve for the Palace Grill.
••• The debut of Indochine Lounge.
••• Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy pop-up next month.
••• A peek inside Alma Fonda Fina.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Montecito house with ocean view for $5.155 million; Spanish and contemporary design elements in Hope Ranch; 1888 Upper East house; $4.15 million for just off the Westside; top-floor condo in the Chapala One development; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Bottle Shop property did indeed change hands.
••• Inside the new Emily Joubert shop in the Montecito Country Mart (above).
••• First look at a 33-unit complex on lower Chapala Street.
••• Work to start soon on upper San Ysidro Trail.
••• Merchant Ivory documentary.
••• W. Mountain Drive has reopened.
••• The Jewish Federation’s renovation is complete.
••• Answer to last week’s “Where in Santa Barbara…?”
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