FOOD STUFF
••• Mokutan has closed.
••• Expanded hours and all-day menu at Na Na Thai.
••• Thali platters are back at Bibi Ji on Mondays (above).
••• Update on Santa Barbara Fish Market’s Goleta outpost.
••• Work underway at the former Pueblo Pollo.
••• Profiles of Blackbird and Terra.
••• Activity at the former Treehouse restaurant space.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: Turnkey Picacho Lane compound for $36.5 million; 1914 Winsor Soule project in the Upper East; one for the houseguest-averse; 1925 teardown in central Montecito; Samarkand four-bedroom; Brinkerhoff Avenue cottage; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• A local real estate legend tells all (above).
••• The Montecito Estate Sale is coming up.
••• Ojai Studio Artists tour.
••• Jeff Shelton on his redesign of the State Street undercrossing.
••• Floral design studio moving to Santa Claus Lane.
••• Vintage tile enthusiast.
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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