FOOD STUFF
••• Dart Coffee Co. is opening in Carpinteria.
••• Derf’s Café is going to be open for a couple more weeks.
••• Validation Ale’s second location will be larger than initially reported (and have golf simulators).
••• Pizza Mizza update.
••• More on the plan for the restaurant in The Palms building.
••• Confirmation that an L.A. chain is opening in Ojai.
••• Profiles of Yetz’s Bagels, Dang Burger, and Get Hooked Seafood.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A supersized spec reno for $52 million; 20,000-square-foot estate outside Santa Ynez; pair of houses on Pepper Hill; equestrian compound once owned by Jimmy Stewart and Dean Martin; 1950s Arts and Crafts in Cielito; change of heart just above the Westside; 212-acre compound made to look like an Old West town; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara residents to vote on sales tax increase.
••• The longstanding friction at Hot Springs Trail.
••• Chaucer’s Books is under new ownership.
••• Hotel tax hike on the ballot in November.
••• Cannabis taxes continue to disappoint.
••• Lower Tunnel Trail and Inspiration Point trailhead will be closed for six months.
••• Waterfront Department plans to raise slip fees and harbor parking fees.
••• Inside the reborn Zaca Lake resort (above).
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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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