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July 27, 2020

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Newsletter: July 27

July 27, 2020|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• The Bell’s folks are working on a second restaurant (above).
••• Mesa Burger’s Coast Village Road outpost has opened.
••• A second Sweet Wheel Farms farmstand.
••• $2 afternoon cold brews at Low Pigeon.
••• Your best cheese bet now that C’est Cheese is gone.
••• Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on De La Vina has closed.
••• Will Magic Castle Cabaret reappear?
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HOT PROPERTY
The week before last, hardly anything closed, and I started to wonder whether the hot market was cooling down. Last week, however, it roared back to life. Here are the 12 closings of note from the past two weeks, including an oceanfront house in Hope Ranch that sold for nearly half off the initial ask.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The home of Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi was burglarized.
••• Rumored layoffs at the Biltmore (above).
••• 16,000-square-foot mixed-use development opens soon in Paso Robles.
••• Progress in farming shellfish off Ventura.
••• A push for manufactured fish reefs off Goleta.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• New home design store opening on State Street (above).
••• Gallery coming to Coast Village Road.
••• Smart Covid-19 update from Sansum Clinic’s CEO.
••• More on Porch’s moving sale.
••• Traffic breaks on the 101 in Montecito.
••• Hot Springs fixer now available for rent.
••• Ojai house with its own baseball field.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top adjustments include the march of the Montecito Mediterranean mansions, dropping from eight figures to seven; two Montecito properties around $5 million that have raised their prices; and a spec renovation inching toward reality.

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Nowhere (at least as a result of this project, which doesn't include the land Lama Dog is on). — Erik Torkells

Where is Lama dog Going????? — Michelle Leavitt

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The pool in the shaded courtyard?!?!? It will get direct sunlight about 2 hours of the day, otherwise its will be shaded. Nobody will use… — Dave Sims

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This is the most non-descript looking hotel. Looks more like an office building — Brig D.

Developers are taking all of the funk out of the Funk Zone. What’s the point of calling it that anymore? — Patty K

Well said Pablo — Linda M

So boring. — June

Will be going to Merci for the burger pop-up. Thanks for putting us on notice about the banana pudding…quick plug for the duck leg confit… — Nicolas

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Food news: The Bell’s folks are opening a bar in Los Olivos; Montecito vegan market to close; the Press Room gets a reprieve; Aspen restaurant now said to be taking the former Cava space; Merci’s burger pop-up is coming back; profile of Bar Le Côte executive sous chef (and half of the Gomez y Gomez pop-ups) Luis Gomez; in praise of Pacific Pickle Works. More at SitelineSB.com ...

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