FOOD STUFF
••• First look inside Gracie, now open at the harbor (above).
••• A new hotel bar downtown.
••• Could Sweetgreen be coming to Goleta?
••• Triangular burgers at Revolver.
••• Food changes at M. Special’s State Street taproom.
••• Corazón Comedor closed for upgrades.
••• Ghirardelli got slapped with a stop-work order.
••• Rudy’s in Carpinteria recovering from a kitchen fire.
••• Dumpling pop-up and Secret Bao’s dim sum brunch.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: An old-school bungalow on Miramar Beach; Christopher Lloyd’s house on W. Mountain Drive; the flip (or floops?) of Meg Ryan’s last renovation; sweet hundred-year-old Hedgerow-ish property; 1970s style on the back of the Riviera; Lower Riviera fixer; Eastside cutie; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Vandenberg Space Force Base on track to double SpaceX launches.
••• The relaxation of federal environmental reviews of the commercial space industry.
••• SpaceX may never have to pay federal income taxes.
••• Repairs to Isla Vista beach stairs.
••• Update on Goleta road extension.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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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