FOOD NEWS
••• The Neighborhood Bar has closed.
••• Checking out the Mesa’s new ice cream shop.
••• Loquita’s newish chef.
••• The Organic Soup Kitchen retail counter.
••• L.A. chefs popping up in Los Olivos, Lompoc, and New Cuyama.
••• Jazz trio at Revolver.
••• Juice Ranch’s Solvang outpost aims to soft-open this week.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A huge probation office is proposed for downtown Santa Barbara (rendering above).
••• An itty-bitty hotel in the Funk Zone.
••• Leadbetter Beach restroom to get refurbished.
••• Take a survey about the State Street Promenade.
••• The makeover of the Vons Montecito is finally said to be on.
••• Alameda Park gazebo renovation.
••• New show at My Pet Ram gallery.
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VERSION 2.0
Just a few months after closing his original Black Sheep, Ruben Perez is partnering with chef Jake Reimer on a new incarnation of the restaurant in the former Venus in Furs space.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Montecito mansion with observation tower for $11.5 million; the zealously decorated one in Upper San Roque; 41 acres with two houses off Highway 154; Bel Air Knolls midcentury; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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