FOOD STUFF
••• Pony Espresso has shortened its name and expanded its ambitions (above).
••• The reasons behind Linden Hall’s implosion.
••• Crudo to open in Solvang.
••• Pattaya Thai Restaurant has rebranded.
••• Profiles of Bouchon and Cookie Plug.
••• The World of Pinot Noir festival is coming up.
••• Los Alamos Market has a new owner.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Ennisbrook contemporary for $3.35 million off the initial asking price; two prime examples of the power of turnkey (in Montecito Oaks and where the Westside meets Alta Mesa); off-market sale of an interior designer’s former Mission Canyon pad; a pair of houses on five acres east of Santa Ynez; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Photographer Gray Malin is working on a Channel Drive vacation rental.
••• The official opening for the six-mile Arroyo Quemado Trail at Baron Ranch.
••• Maria Rendón show at Sullivan Goss (above).
••• Marcus Roberts Trio to play the Lobero Theatre.
••• Chelsea Handler returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl.
••• Public meeting about Milpas Street changes.
••• “Where in Santa Barbara…?” answer.
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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