FOOD STUFF
••• Mesa Verde has closed.
••• The Dutch Garden is finally starting dinner service.
••• Seven Bar & Kitchen opens this week.
••• More on the deli at the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara.
••• Revolver joins The Eddy’s lineup of prepared foods.
••• Rory’s Place is back.
••• Bento boxes in Ventura.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Birnam Wood three-bedroom for $15.74 million; Glen Oaks farmhouse with guest apartment for $14.47 million; 1924 Upper East house reconfigured into a duplex; the handsome one on Conejo Road; 1932 house on a cul-de-sac; El Montecito Verde cottage; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Last call for the Bottle Shop?
••• The mystery of Sonoma Fit.
••• FEMA’s updated Flood Hazard Changes map.
••• E. Mountain Drive construction.
••• Lecture on the art at Franceschi House.
••• Home construction to impact Hot Springs Trail.
••• A trivia question.
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