FOOD STUFF
••• Mesa Burger is down to one location.
••• Discount for locals at Marisella in the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.
••• Charlie Palmer is taking over three Paso Robles restaurants/bars.
••• Third Window has started making root beer.
••• The Los Olivos Wine Festival and Santa Barbara Vintners Festival.
••• Little King’s breakfast sandwich (above).
••• Masala Spice’s corkage fee for beer.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Park Lane house for nearly $6 million off the initial asking price; big views from Eucalyptus Hill; oceanfront one-bedroom condo for $4.25 million; Carp house given a wellness-focused renovation; Bonnymede ground-floor; 1980 house out near the Bacara; and a Westside four-bedroom. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Carpinteria’s Heritage Goods & Supply is coming to Montecito.
••• AIA Santa Barbara’s annual ArchitecTours event (above).
••• New Funk Zone art gallery.
••• Construction to start on the Milpas/Highway 101 interchange.
••• Shakespeare at Elings Park.
••• One-man show about Frédéric Chopin.
••• The Goleta Lemon Festival is coming up.
••• Drew and Ellie Holcomb to play the Lobero Theatre.
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Recent Comments
Agree 100%. Attractive in itself but not plonked down on CVR. Does not fit in at all with the local-and-cozy-but-sophisticated look of the other retail… — Dana
Where's the "it's not in Montecito" comments? For looks really good in these photos! — Don
Loving this for Montecito! Net Zero and LEED Gold (plus-plus) aside, the design is striking, well-thought-out, and a nice departure from the same-same outdated architecture… — Vince
I've provided input to the CV Road for nearly 50 years working with developers as a Designer/Broker. We do have an assortment of styles and… — Maryanne Brillhart
I am appalled to see this abomination land in our sweet little Spanish style town. Can anyone point me in the direction on how to… — Barrie Glabman
Personally I wish he would have used that money to pay the 425 workers he stiffed. I don't think he deserves to have his name… — Tracy M
Agreed - I miss the margaritas and the great chips and salsa at cava! — chelsea
Love the look. As Erik pointed out, there is a range of design along CVR so this won't "stick out" but rather add another interesting… — Curtis
In a strange way, the new building echos the old Bottle Shop configuration. I really like the solar parking - very good use of space.… — Chris
South facing with all that glass? Also, the scale is way off. Also, not a fit on CVR at all. I agree with another commenter—choose… — Anne