Three Stores Are Closing (or Have Already Closed)
Plus: Is the new Soltara apartment building being converted to workforce housing?; huge building on N. Calle Cesar Chavez sells for $36.5 million; new owner of classic midcentury on Canon Perdido; more on the Garden Street rooftop sculpture; dental hygienist opening an office without a dentist. 3
The Ellwood Is Finally Set to Open at Goleta Beach Park
Get a first look at the dinner menu. More food news: Breakwater Restaurant will undergo a revamp; changes at Village Cheese & Wine, now Montecito Gourmet; tentative opening date for Carpinteria's Linden Square; Jeannine's on upper State Street is temporarily closed; profiles of Santa Playa Mariscos and La Cantina; suggestions for a kids' birthday dinner? 45
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