FOOD STUFF
••• Validation Ale is opening a second location (above).
••• The Nook is branching out into pizza.
••• The Veranda at San Ysidro Ranch.
••• Outstanding in the Field dinner with Mattei’s chef Rhoda Magbitang.
••• Cajé is working on a café in Ventura.
••• Gipsy Hill Bakery is baking on a regular basis again.
••• Soul Bites profile.
••• Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley is coming up.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Downtown penthouse with tower for $3.6 million; new construction by the 101 in Montecito; 1930 Mission Canyon house with a cool roof deck; 1963 Hope Ranch three-bedroom in need of updating; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• The San Ysidro roundabout has opened.
••• The design of new hotels in West Beach and on State Street (above).
••• Sol Seek Yoga has changed hands.
••• Free screening of 2008 documentary Citizen McCaw.
••• Interior designer Marc Normand Gelinas’s shop moves this week.
••• Architectural Foundation art exhibit.
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Recent Comments
The old Victor the Florist shop at corner of Santa Barbara & Anapamu streets? — Peter
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