FOOD STUFF
••• Caruso’s has walked back its jacket requirement.
••• Weekly burger night at Tyler x Lieu Dit (above).
••• The Black Sheep is raising funds for a full bar.
••• The expanded menu at the Lion’s Tale.
••• “Next chapter” for Rusack Vineyards.
••• The standout dish at Lama Sama.
••• Clam pies and other East Coast–inspired specials at Bettina.
••• Pascale Beale’s new cookbook.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Summerland villa with pool for $4.291 million; the glam farmhouse spec reno in San Roque; single-level, three-bedroom condo in Bonnymede; Hedgerow Spanish Colonial built in 1922; 1957 Riviera three-bedroom with renovation plans; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• 24 Hour Fitness will close next year.
••• Snazzy new architecture proposed off upper State Street (above).
••• World Market has put its store up for sale.
••• Revised design for the five-story building in the works on W. De La Guerra.
••• Ojai’s Hotel El Roblar to have a freestanding spa.
••• Convenience store rebranding.
••• A chat with Josh Brolin.
••• Paintings by Roland Petersen in Solvang.
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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