FOOD STUFF
••• Tri-County Produce will close at the end of April.
••• Yetz’s Bagels has opened a deli next door.
••• Rori’s Artisanal Creamery is looking to expand to Goleta.
••• Takashi Ramen profile.
••• Tickets for the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience go on sale soon.
••• Ventura’s Gasworks complex will include a coffee bar called Room Service.
••• “Cocktail-bar-sushi-a-go-go” at Rodeo Room.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Mediterranean compound in Hope Ranch for $18.405 million; Miramar Beach oceanfront off-market; chalet-ish in Montecito; Romero Canyon six-bedroom; Monterey Colonial near the Upper Village; the Hedgerow flip with a treehouse and zipline; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A massive vacant lot in the Funk Zone.
••• Jeff Bridges and a screening of The Big Lebowski.
••• Two more Santa Barbara Bowl shows were announced.
••• Pete Buttigieg talk.
••• Valvoline coming to De La Vina Street.
••• Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum appears here to stay.
••• The former Victor the Florist space is available again.
••• Rotating cast at Ensemble Theatre Company’s new comedy.
••• Anyone remember a “family fun center” called Shady Acres?
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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