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July 16, 2025

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Newsletter: July 16

July 16, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Seoulmate Kitchen is open at the Santa Barbara Public Market (above).
••• Seoulmate’s bar menu for Cooney’s is now live.
••• New Thai restaurant on State Street.
••• Shintori Sushi and Odessa Lounge have closed.
••• The Carpinteria branch of the Nugget is open.
••• Stica in Santa Ynez has finally debuted.
••• New restaurateurs at the Ranch House in Ojai.
••• Ventura now has an outpost of Corazón Cocina.
••• Profiles of Cody’s Cafe, Pony Kitchen + Cocktails, Cafe La Fonda, and High Seas Mead.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Gobernador Canyon avocado farm for $5.375 million; stylish Mesa house for $4.15 million; Hot Springs vacant lot; 1922 three-bedroom on the Lower Riviera; and a 1919 Structure of Merit across from Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. See what sold—and for how much. (Photo by VirTour Media courtesy Josiah Hamilton.)

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Upper Village is getting another bank branch.
••• Swimwear chain confirmed for Coast Village Road.
••• Loveworn has opened a Carpinteria shop.
••• The Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury weighs in.
••• Fence proposed around the landmark Moreton Bay fig tree.
••• Electronic duo to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Melissa Chandon paintings at Caldwell Snyder (above).
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