EXCLUSIVE
Less than a week after Bar Lou announced its closing, word of the next tenant has come out—a new restaurant from a company that takes farm-to-table seriously.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Alma Fonda Fina to become more casual.
••• Skyfield will no longer include a restaurant.
••• New sparkling wine bar downtown.
••• New Year’s Eve peek at The Grand on State.
••• The inaugural Coffee Culture Fest is this spring.
••• Checking out Room Service Coffee and Buena Bodega in Ventura.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Industrial-style home by Barton Myers for $7.9 million; suburban-style Spanish in Arcady Estates; 1928 Upper East by architect A.B. Harmer; Cathedral Oaks five-bedroom; fixers in West Mesa and More Mesa; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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