THE SPECIALS
The 10 best things I’ve eaten lately.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Another high-end Mexican restaurant is opening downtown.
••• First impressions of the new Tyger Tyger (above).
••• Buellton In-N-Out makes progress.
••• Motley Crew Ranch has opened a shop.
••• Secret Bao vacation break.
••• Jars of “the sauce” at Na Na Thai.
••• Profile of Good Land Wine Shop.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: New Hollister Ranch compound for $8.5 million; spec reno near San Antonio Creek; 1904 house on E. Pedregosa for 30 percent off the initial asking price; three-bedrooms on the Mesa and in Samarkand; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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