FOOD STUFF
••• A tequila bar appears to be opening on State Street.
••• Bell’s spinoff Bar Le Côte looks like it’s opening imminently (above; photo by Datsu Films).
••• Space with food trucks coming to Milpas Street.
••• South Coast Deli’s Isla Vista outpost closed.
••• Secret Bao T-shirts for a good cause.
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HOT PROPERTY
The week’s noteworthy sales included a makeover-ripe megavilla for $16.25 million; a highly Instagrammable Hedgerow compound; a stack of boxes on Buena Vista Drive; a Frenchie on Birnam Wood’s third fairway; 76 acres of land near Gaviota; a sweet 1910 Craftsman on the Lower Riviera; and a bunch in the twos that went over ask.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Big estate sale in Hope Ranch.
••• An update on the former Mackenzie Market building in San Roque.
••• Where the cormorants from Summerland have evidently relocated (above; photo by D.).
••• Unfolded trail maps, suitable for framing.
••• Prints of Jeff Shelton’s hand-drawn architectural elevations.
••• Santa Barbara Hives is opening a store in Carpinteria.
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The street kitchen on Upper State is delicious — the line to get food says it all. Also pretty sure they have a permit. — Ederson