FOOD STUFF
••• The Santa Barbara Wine + Food Festival has been pushed back to August.
••• Donate to the FoodBank and get an orchid at Dart Coffee Co.
••• Restaurants create a way to help each other’s employees.
••• Bell’s is slinging Chinese takeout.
••• Monthly microgreen subscriptions.
••• S.Y. Kitchen’s new outdoor market.
••• Demand for chicks is up.
••• Sea urchin film trailer.
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JUST LISTED
The week’s noteworthy new listings: A sweet little slice of Montecito; ocean views from alongside the Posilipo Lane beach path; “Italian villa” with intense fireplaces; a cute 1921 Craftsman.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The rental market is really heating up.
••• George Washington Smith’s first house is available for rent again (above).
••• Checking in on the giant bunker under construction in Pepper Hill.
••• The Montecito Association wants to close trailhead parking to non-locals.
••• San Ysidro Road correction.
••• Ham hock.
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FOOD STUFF
••• The Lark would like to expand into its parking lot.
••• Acme Hospitality is getting into the hotel business (above).
••• Los Agaves on Milpas reopened.
••• Cook-at-home menu items from Brass Bear Brewing.
••• Dune is selling jugs of coffee drinks.
••• Knee-jerk social-distancing rules.
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Weather forecast from Jack Martin of Action Roofing: “The heat wave is going to stick around though Tuesday, but the hottest day will likely be today. Highs this weekend will be in the 80s and 90s.” Email [email protected] to sign up for his daily updates.
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Recent Comments
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
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