FOOD STUFF
••• Updates on Dom’s Taverna, Aegean, Little King Coffee, Little Mountain, and Manifattura.
••• Revolver’s special sandwich (above).
••• Rozzi Pizza is now serving lunch five days a week.
••• New meal-delivery service.
••• Lovin’ Spoonful frozen-yogurt shop remains closed.
••• Cookie Plug found a new home.
••• More on Jeannine’s plans for upper State Street.
••• Profiles of Rock 12 Distillery and Riviera Mushrooms.
••• Recommendations for a quiet birthday lunch.
→ Read the post.
·················
·················
JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A Montecito Mediterranean that doesn’t seem overpriced; a mix of styles on the Riviera; 1979 contemporary in need of updating; funky 1950s cottage walkable to Shoreline Park; small house on a small lot; and a winery compound outside Los Olivos.
·················
·················
NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Paseo Nuevo redevelopment may include a grocery store and gym (above).
••• Santa Barbara’s battle against unpermitted short-term rentals.
••• Glass House Brands refutes claims made by the Department of Homeland Security.
••• Update on the Gifford Fire.
••• Carpinteria launched a website detailing proposed housing projects.
••• UCSB’s new chancellor.
→ Read the post.
·················
·················
WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
·················
Please forward this to anyone who might enjoy it. Click here to subscribe.
·················

















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