FOOD STUFF
••• A meat-and-seafood market is opening in Carpinteria.
••• Debut date of Drover’s Doughnuts in Goleta (above).
••• Chain restaurant rumored to be replacing Anchor Rose at the harbor.
••• Santa Barbara Food Connection and Santa Playa Mariscos have closed.
••• The former Derf’s is still available.
••• Frinj Coffee update.
••• State Street restaurant space.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Preppy, pretty, and pink in Ennisbrook; Harbor Hills project with some of the best views in town; 1929 Riviera Spanish with contemporary interiors; Upper East single-level; Hidden Valley for $3.5 million; and the floops of a Hope Ranch hacienda.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Who’s running for mayor of Santa Barbara.
••• Super-heavy rocket launches in consideration at Vandenberg.
••• The craziest real estate video ever (above).
••• Emergency rent freeze in the works.
••• Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi bought a Montecito estate.
••• More flights from Santa Barbara Airport to four cities.
••• New-ish architectural guidebook.
••• No construction yet at the Goleta Valley Library.
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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