FOOD STUFF
••• First look at the menu for Reunion Kitchen, now open on East Beach.
••• Labor-of-love Italian dessert restaurant coming to Paseo Nuevo.
••• No signs of life online at the Kitchen incubator/restaurant.
••• Goleta’s Gladden and Sons grocery store has closed.
••• Good Lion is working on another Ventura establishment.
••• In praise of Gipsy Hill Bakery’s pears in pastry.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: High in the hills above Toro Canyon; new construction in Hope Ranch; an 1885 cottage in the Brinkerhoff Avenue Landmark District; Ortega Ridge neoclassical; spectacular views from a midcentury house on Alameda Padre Serra; and a cute 1920 Craftsman bungalow on the Westside.
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BURNING QUESTIONS
“While walking on State Street the other night, I noticed that the top of the Paseo Nuevo tower was lit up inside, but I couldn’t tell why,” asked S. Here’s the answer….
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• 33 tiny cabins for the homeless will be installed downtown.
••• Santa Barbara County bought an Isla Vista building for the homeless.
••• County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies are resisting vaccination and testing.
••• A survey of hitching posts in Santa Barbara.
••• A 32,000-square-foot bowling alley is opening in Oxnard (above).
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Congratulations to Barbara Sharghi for correctly identifying where this was shot. We’ll play again on Saturday morning.
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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