FOOD STUFF
••• Bibi Ji’s new location opens this week (above).
••• Stella Mare’s will close at the end of the year.
••• Seven Bar & Kitchen is said to be opening very soon.
••• Opening forecasts for four new Goleta restaurants.
••• Local chain in talks for the Derf’s Café space.
••• Updates on Pizza Mizza and The Palms.
••• Filipino feast at the Inn at Mattei’s Tavern.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Brawny Supertuscan on a private lane for $11.1 million; the one with the huge, glamorous closet; three-acre Yankee Farm property likely to get subdivided; 1938 four-bedroom in Samarkand; 1941 Moody Sisters house; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Hidden Oaks Golf Course is reportedly for sale again (photo courtesy Radius Commercial Real Estate).
••• Alo Yoga and Dollar Tree are coming to State Street.
••• Full closure of Highway 154.
••• San Ysidro Ranch’s pool house expansion.
••• Construction to start on the Santa Barbara Junior High School Multiuse Path Project.
••• Highway 101 off-ramp opening and on-ramp closure.
••• New renderings of the big apartment complex coming to De La Vina Street.
••• James Perse on Coast Village Road.
••• Art exhibit about migrant agricultural workers.
••• A bonus vanity plate.
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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