Newsletter: February 7

WALK WITH ME
I mentioned to some friends that I was going to explore the Haley Corridor on foot, they laughed in that knock-yourself-out way. But I loved it: the area feels like a backstage counterpoint to the show over on State Street.

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HOT PROPERTY
Notable closings include a Hedgerow compound that played the market like a fiddle; a Park Lane flip for a tasty profit; a Hope Ranch teardown on five acres; fast sales over ask on the Mesa and in the Hedgerow; and a slew in the twos. Plus: several off-market sales from the past month or so. See what sold—and for how much.

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FOOD STUFF
••• Miniature dioramas of Santa Barbara dive bars (above).
••• South Coast Deli is opening in San Roque.
••• The Blue Owl is under new ownership.
••• Rumors of a new Mesa ice cream shop.
••• Mackenzie Market and Yanni’s Greek & American Deli have reportedly closed.
••• Rancho San Julian’s Elizabeth Poett has a new TV show.
••• Clevr’s “instant superlattes.”
••• Lunch at La Paloma Cafe.
••• The appealing Frontside Cafe in Ventura.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A bike shop is opening on Coast Village Road.
••• Imminent soft opening of Idyll Mercantile’s plants-and-more shop.
••• Upcoming open-air market at Folly on Santa Claus Lane.
••• How to foster a beehive.
••• The Santa Barbara International Film Festival anoints eight new award winners.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• 20,000 honeybees colonize State Street office closed for Covid-19.
••• Recent rainfall did little to help fill reservoirs.
••• City council approved Sea Level Rise Adaption Plan and bikeshare expansion to the Waterfront.
••• 23 miles of Highway 1 closed for months.
••• The Inn at Zaca Creek is open.
••• Furniture maker John Spivey.
••• Fighter jets training over the Central Coast.
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