WELCOME WAGON
After nearly seven years, Merci’s Elizabeth Colling and Nick Barainca are ready to take on dinner—but with a totally different experience than during the day. “It’s a mixtape of the greatest hits from places in Paris where we thought, ‘We have to do this,’” says Barainca. (Photos by Studio Arna.)
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FOOD STUFF
••• Yetz’s Bagels has opened in Goleta (above).
••• Update on Renaud’s Bistro on upper State Street.
••• Mesa frozen-yogurt shop will apparently reopen.
••• Santa Ynez’s Lucky Hen Larder will close next month.
••• Queen Cup Coffee is now focusing on Los Olivos.
••• Bite Club profile.
••• Corazón outpost could be coming to the harbor.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Handsome Hope Ranch renovation for $8.83 million; Campanil fixer; the cruciform one on Hidden Valley Lane; spec reno above N. Patterson Avenue; Old California between Mission Canyon and Cielito; Rancho Guacamole; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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