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March 5, 2025

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Newsletter: March 5

March 5, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• First impressions of Mother Dough Bagels (above).
••• Savoy Cafe is under new ownership.
••• Alma Fonda Fina has started serving breakfast.
••• Pascucci found a new home.
••• Goodland BBQ is for sale.
••• The Santa Barbara Secret Supper Club.
••• Profiles of Zaca Coffee and Loubud Wines.
••• Elubia’s Kitchen has opened in Isla Vista.
••• Ventura-based sandwich pop-up.
••• A better look at Takashi Ramen’s menu.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Hope Ranch house with stone waterslide for $7.57 million; Riven Rock compound near trailhead parking; small-but-renovated in Birnam Wood for an impressive price; Eucalyptus Hill off-market; 1970s Hedgerow; Mission Canyon adobe with massive art studio; downtown penthouse; 1910 Bungalow Haven maze; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The Post announced three more tenants.
••• A better look yet at the 443-unit complex replacing Sears at La Cumbre Plaza (above).
••• Cold Spring bridge update.
••• My Morning Jacket to play the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• New coffee table book about Santa Barbara homes.
••• Goleta movie theater for lease.
••• Hair salon leaves Coast Village Road.
••• Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is coming up.
••• Reminders of constitutional rights.
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