Siteline Santa Barbara
menu
  • About Siteline
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Email Newsletter
  • Instagram
  • Legal

December 8, 2025

  • Fun with Architecture

First Look at the Rooftop Bar Proposed for the Funk Zone

After having decided to rehabilitate 11 Anacapa rather than tear it down, the developer is now asking to add a contemporary roof deck to the old building and a slick black box of a parking structure nearby. 7

January 7, 2021

  • News Roundup

County Hospitals Are Preparing a Shift to “Crisis Care”

Other recent news: Committee to recommend that Santa Barbara ban natural gas in new construction; school district might temporarily eliminate D and F grades because of the pandemic; the man whose house was electrified; cannabis shop opening in Goleta. 1

  • Food Stuff

Still No Word from Chick-fil-A

More food news: Hook & Press introduced its first-ever savory donut; dimmed hopes for Tyger Tyger's reopening; suggestions sought for a good rehearsal dinner venue; new all-day restaurant in Solvang; Pico is getting into the burger game; Full of Life Flatbread's heartstrings.

January 6, 2021

  • Odds & Ends

Pura Luna Apothecary Is Moving to a Larger Space

Plus: "Peace & Quiet" at Sullivan Goss; new online vintage shop based in Santa Barbara; Idyll Mercantile is teasing its new location; more cannabis in Carp; an outing to La Purisima Mission State Historic Park.

  • Email Newsletter

Newsletter: January 6

The Siteline newsletter is the best way to follow the website. To subscribe, click the link at the bottom of this post. And you can unsubscribe at any time.

January 5, 2021

  • Just Listed

On the Beach Between the Miramar and the Biltmore

This week's noteworthy new listings also include high design with a price to match in the Hedgerow; Lower Riviera ranch given a contemporary gloss; unremarkable house on a Mesa bluff; and a charming Upper East bungalow.

  • Slow News Week

The Faces of Santa Barbara

If you look closely, there are faces all around town—although they tend to have expressions that range from blank to despairing.... 1

January 4, 2021

  • News Roundup

Santa Barbara County Has Been Averaging Nearly 300 New Covid-19 Cases Per Day

Other recent news: The Central Coast's only ice rink is struggling; the history of the fountain at Sycamore Canyon Road and Stanwood Drive; mini monolith at the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge; in praise of Santa Barbara's trees.

  • Food Stuff

More Info on the Bell’s Spinoff in Los Olivos

More food news: Noemi has permanently closed; new gelato shop on State Street says it'll debut soon; weekly burrito at La Paloma to benefit Acme Hospitality staffers; sandwich shop joins Third Window pop-up lineup; Fatty Vegan opening date.

January 3, 2021

  • Email Newsletter

Newsletter: January 3

The Siteline newsletter is the best way to follow the website. To subscribe, click the link at the bottom of this post. And you can unsubscribe at any time.

  • <
  • 1
  • …
  • 276
  • 277
  • 278
  • 279
  • 280
  • …
  • 373
  • >

Email Newsletter

Or email [email protected] to be manually added.

Just Listed

  • Supersize Spec Compound South of the Freeway
  • A Handsome Renovation in Hope Ranch
  • A Heck of a Swimming Pool on Ortega Ridge
  • Spiffy $20 Million Spec Reno in Hope Ranch
  • Will McCormick House Become a Private Residence Once Again?

Recent Comments

Your snide comments about our President potentially removing the beautiful sidewalk art in downtown Santa Ynez pissed off every local I forwarded them to- thought… — Christine!

Folio Press & Paperie — Erik Torkells

Not sure who took the picture of the Cambells crayon soup, but I was wondering where you saw them at? Thanks Richard — Richard

At this point just go with The New Original Cafe (iykyk) — Tom

So happy that Game Seeker found a new space! The owners are lovely. Ingrid once told me that they will take the time to show… — Tracy M

Will be their first customer when they open- glad I can avoid State street altogether once it opens #urintationstation — Christine!

Agree! (in very small print): "Supplemental Santa Barbara liveable wage and benefits charge" ?!! How do we know staff ever gets it? That's deceptive at… — Dianne White

Better yet, don't patronize places with add on charges. Reward places that price honestly to begin with. I'd much rather see a higher, but accurate… — CF

Noe’s Cafe: Breakfast Favorite’s Noooooooo make it stop — Jim T

Re: Little Mountain We are there last week. When you pay, check your bill, and note there is an extra 5% additional fee, so you… — Karen

Restaurant News

  • Dart Coffee Co. Is Expanding to Summerland
  • Inside the New, Mostly Vegan Corner Market Downtown
  • Pascucci Restaurant Will Close After 33 Years
  • Opening Date for Que at the Santa Barbara Public Market
  • First Look at Bistro Amasa, Opening This Week

Popular Posts

  • Opening Date for Que at the Santa Barbara Public Market 9k views

  • First Look at Bistro Amasa, Opening This Week 8.6k views

  • New Jeff Shelton Building Proposed Downtown 6.6k views

  • The Fight Over La Cumbre Country Club 6.6k views

  • What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets? 5.9k views

  • A Restaurant for People Who Love Restaurants 5.8k views

  • Delta Is Ending Flights Between Santa Barbara and Atlanta 5.8k views

Walk With Me

  • The Arty Heart of Downtown Santa Barbara
  • A Five-Block Adventure in Downtown Ventura
  • East Meets West on Mountain Drive
  • On Summerland’s Western Fringe
  • Higher Education on the Mesa
  • In the Shadow of Magnolia Center
  • Downtown and a Little to the Left

Burning Questions

  • What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
  • When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
  • What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
  • Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
  • Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
  • How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
  • What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?

Get Out of Town

  • An Old West Town in Wine Country
  • The Glorious Isolation of Santa Barbara Island
  • Hiking From Hotel to Hotel in the Dolomites
  • A Ramble Through the English Countryside
  • Notes From Up North
  • Sleeping in Style at Ojai’s New Hotel El Roblar
  • There’s More to Peru Than Machu Picchu
Siteline Santa Barbara
  • About Siteline
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Email Newsletter
  • Instagram
  • Legal
© 2025 Siteline, LLC | Accessibility | Site created by NDIC