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November 26, 2025

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Newsletter: November 26

November 26, 2025|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Pascucci Restaurant will close after 33 years (above).
••• Who’s serving Thanksgiving dinner this year.
••• Profile of Motley Crew Marketplace.
••• The menu at Que barbecue.
••• De La Vina Mexican restaurant rebranded.
••• Hazelnuts worth the shipping charge.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Cliff Drive house with bluff-front pool for $10.85 million; a whopper on lower Park Lane; sweet 1929 Monterey Colonial that went in a flash; Hedgerow floops; 1924 Cape Cod across from Glendessary Lane; 2002 Park Highlands Craftsman; East Mesa for $1.125 million off the initial ask; and more. See what sold—and for how much.

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ODDS & ENDS
••• The fight over La Cumbre Country Club.
••• Santa Barbara’s first electrical muscle stimulation studio (above).
••• Two local Pilates instructors are opening a studio downtown.
••• Game Seeker’s new location has debuted.
••• Sullivan Goss’s annual 100 Grand exhibit.
••• Works by Dora Vital at Seimandi & Leprieur.
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