FOOD STUFF
••• Rori’s Artisanal Creamery is opening in Goleta (above).
••• What’s going on with Intermezzo?
••• White Caps has returned to the Funk Zone.
••• Sama Sama is no longer involved in Lion’s Tale.
••• New restaurant on Milpas Street.
••• Ice cream shop opening in Solvang.
••• Tamar’s chicken schnitzel sandwich special.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Riviera contemporary for $2.85 million off initial asking price; Alta Mesa spiffer-upper with a sweet backyard for $5 million; Park Highlands Mediterranean; 1929 Spanish on Alameda Padre Serra; mini-compound in Carpinteria’s Concha Loma neighborhood; 20 acres off Las Canoas; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• An update on the ornate Mission Inn (above).
••• Free People has opened near the bird refuge.
••• Hotel conversion on E. Haley Street.
••• UCSB bought two more downtown buildings.
••• Cottage Hospital is looking to expand again.
••• The perils of Tangerine Falls.
••• Trevor Noah returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Thanks for the tip?
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