FOOD STUFF
••• Tri-County Produce gets a new lease on life.
••• Santa Barbara chef opening a West Beach pizzeria.
••• Revolver’s breakfast sandwich (above).
••• Ghirardelli Chocolate chain coming to State Street.
••• Cookie Plug’s relocation plan.
••• Cuso’s Creamery profile.
••• Opening date for Highly Likely in Ojai.
••• Chop Chinese Food in Isla Vista.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Riviera condo-house for $6.425 million; handsome Hope Ranch Spanish; San Ysidro Road off-market; Campanil home with a penthouse; the black shingled one on Eucalyptus Hill; Park Highlands floops; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The big red shoe on Highway 101 was stolen.
••• New gym with a burly name is opening downtown.
••• Orangetheory’s Santa Barbara studio closes this weekend.
••• Game Seeker needs to find another home.
••• Vic Trace Reservoir replacement.
••• New interior design shop in Buellton (photo by Nicole Schmiedl).
••• The Illuminate Film Festival.
••• Confusing signage at the Los Patos roundabout.
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Recent Comments
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
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR
Genuinely curious what outcome you'd prefer. The land is privately owned and zoned for development. If not this, then what? Leaving it vacant forever isn't… — EM
The big black pipe has never bothered me. Maybe because I've loved the SB harbor since the first time I saw it, that was the… — Dan O.
Fully agree! I thought the hotel/farm/housing concept was a much better fit for that land. But when people oppose everything, something eventually gets crammed through. — SkyG
Hotel concept was better than this — JB
Bit of trivia about Trinity Church (at State and Micheltorena): Richard Diebenkorn, the abstract expressionist painter, was married there, in 1943 I think. — patrick