FOOD STUFF
••• Intermezzo to reopen with a streamlined menu.
••• Mission City Sandwich Shop now offers half-size sandwiches.
••• Mony’s opened an outpost at UCSB.
••• Dom’s Taverna is serving lunch and brunch.
••• Update about Jeannine’s on upper State Street.
••• Madam Lu Chinese Restaurant to close after 27 years.
••• Pop-up brunch at Aegean.
••• Wingstop chain coming to the Mesa.
••• A recipe by Bell’s chef Daisy Ryan.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales include the first closing at the Santa Barbara Polo Residences; single-level five-bedroom in Ennisbrook; successful floopses off Picacho Lane and on Alameda Padre Serra; Alta Mesa renovation for nearly $1.4 million below the initial ask; three-bedroom West Beach condo; Riviera fixer; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Yet another temporary adjustment to the State Street Promenade (above).
••• Habitat Home & Garden’s Santa Barbara shop is closing.
••• DJ Javier show at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
••• Jack Johnson at the Arlington Theatre.
••• Candle Bar 111 moving within the Funk Zone.
••• Two new Coast Village Road shops have debuted.
••• Game Seeker has found a new home.
••• Indie Beauty Collective opened in Paseo Nuevo.
••• Documentary about the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network.
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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