FOOD STUFF
••• Recipes Bakery has closed (above).
••• Pearl Social has reopened.
••• Excellent croissants in Carpinteria.
••• Little Bird Kitchen opens tomorrow.
••• The Andalucia Building on Lower State has been put on the market.
••• The Clementine’s Steak House building changed hands.
••• Profiles of eight local bartenders.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Renovated Crocker Row classic for $6.35 million; view compound on Bella Vista Drive; two-bedroom townhome for $4 million; Lower Riviera Mediterranean; woodsiness in Summerland; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• What can be done about reckless e-bike riders?
••• Checking out Favorites, the new vintage shop on State Street.
••• One lane of Highway 154 has reopened.
••• Robert Rauschenberg exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
••• De La Guerra merchants’ open house.
••• Cold Spring Creek bridge replacement.
••• Conejo Hardwoods to open a showroom here.
••• Cigar shop closed.
••• The county’s request for more information about the Miramar’s proposed expansion.
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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