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December 22, 2025

What’s Next for the Bar Lou Space

Less than a week after Bar Lou announced its closing, word of the next tenant has come out—a new restaurant from a company that takes farm-to-table seriously. 13

June 29, 2025

Nearly 200 Housing Units Proposed for the Carpinteria Bluffs

The previous plan for a hotel and regenerative farm, despised by locals, is starting to look pretty good. 42

June 27, 2025

El Encanto Is Being Sold

Belmond has confirmed the longstanding rumor that it's selling the iconic Riviera resort. 10

March 8, 2025

The Montecito Tea Gardens Has Been Sold

The new owners are notable philanthropists who have no intention of developing the 350-acre property. 11

January 30, 2024

The SOMOfunk Block in the Funk Zone Has Been Sold

The word on the street is that the new owner is leaning away from a wholesale redevelopment like SOMOfunk. 9

December 22, 2023

Third Window Is Opening in Carpinteria

The best burgers in Santa Barbara are coming to the multi-tenant complex where Bettina and a Corazón Cocina offshoot are already onboard. 29

October 13, 2023

The Flagship Restaurant at The Post Will Be…

An L.A. couple with three restaurants under their belt is opening an all-day establishment described as "coastal Italy meets coastal California." Take a look at the sample menu. 16

June 29, 2023

Summerland Is Getting a Bookstore

It'll be in the 1921 building currently home to Garde, where everything is currently 50 percent off. 9

May 31, 2023

Revolver Is Opening a Sister Restaurant in Carpinteria

Santa Barbara's coolest restaurant has a sophomore effort in the works. It's called Linden Hall, it's in part of the old Señor Frog's building, and it won't serve pizza. 8

March 5, 2023

Bettina Is Opening a Restaurant in Carpinteria

The new outpost will be smaller and sleeker than the Montecito original, with fast-casual counter service and plentiful courtyard seating. "We’re envisioning something more New York–style," says co-owner Rachel Greenspan. 7