FOOD STUFF
••• Recipes Bakery has closed (above).
••• Pearl Social has reopened.
••• Excellent croissants in Carpinteria.
••• Little Bird Kitchen opens tomorrow.
••• The Andalucia Building on Lower State has been put on the market.
••• The Clementine’s Steak House building changed hands.
••• Profiles of eight local bartenders.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Renovated Crocker Row classic for $6.35 million; view compound on Bella Vista Drive; two-bedroom townhome for $4 million; Lower Riviera Mediterranean; woodsiness in Summerland; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• What can be done about reckless e-bike riders?
••• Checking out Favorites, the new vintage shop on State Street.
••• One lane of Highway 154 has reopened.
••• Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
••• De La Guerra merchants’ open house.
••• Cold Spring Creek bridge replacement.
••• Conejo Hardwoods to open a showroom here.
••• Cigar shop closed.
••• The county’s request for more information about the Miramar’s proposed expansion.
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