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November 5, 2023

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Newsletter: November 5

November 5, 2023|by Erik Torkells

FOOD STUFF
••• Bossie’s Kitchen is serving breakfast (and that includes doughnuts).
••• Azul says it should finally open soon.
••• The Polo Club restaurant has closed.
••• Wine and hors d’oeuvres at an outpost of Renaud’s.
••• New forecast for the Dart café at the harbor.
••• A Carpinteria icon is no more.
••• Reader question about the Goleta Beach restaurant.
••• Profile of Oliver’s chef Manny Juan.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Cielito ranch house with a freeform swimming pool; Lower Village Mediterranean; 1929 Spanish Colonial in the Upper East; adobe hacienda compound; architecture with a capital A in the Santa Ynez Valley; and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• State Street Promenade to get bike lanes again.
••• Montecito debris nets to be removed.
••• UCSB officially pulls the plug on Munger Hall.
••• New refillable store in Goleta (above).
••• The Modoc Road Multi-Use Path makes progress.
••• Proposed expansion of the Tajiguas Landfill.
••• ExxonMobil subsidiary wants to repair an oil pipeline rather than build a new one.
••• Fiddling with the boundary of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.
••• Real estate commissions could be headed for a change.
••• The tree of the month.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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Just Listed

  • Megaterranean on 10 Acres in Carpinteria’s Rancho Monte Alegre
  • A Stunner on a Montecito Cul-de-Sac
  • Jeff Shelton’s Pistachio House in Downtown Santa Barbara
  • Chic New Construction Off Picacho Lane
  • Contemporary Drop-Down in Toro Canyon

Recent Comments

The old Victor the Florist shop at corner of Santa Barbara & Anapamu streets? — Peter

They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A

Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR

The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR

Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK

It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah

Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM

My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG

I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW

For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells

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  • A New Restaurant Space in Carpinteria
  • Rincon Brewery’s Funk Zone Outpost Is Closing
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  • Carpinteria’s Food Liaison Is Closing Its Cafe
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