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Two comments, first is the 707 Anacapa sweet studio, I'm the gardener for La Paloma across the street and would love to take on this property. Note to the future tenant. . . Second, lower Franceschi park was once a magical park. All of those pathways you see in the photos used to have succulents that were five feet high. It was like the Riviera Secret Garden. But then some idiot working in the SB Parks department cut everything, and I mean every living plant right to the ground. Which is why you see it that way today.

The Breakwater was always our goto before Covid. It was heartbreaking to see it fade away bit by bit. I am glad to see that someone has picked it up and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring it back to the great locals' restaurant that it was. It is a treasure that just needs some love like it had pre-covid. I hope that Krista, Debbie, David and the rest of the old team is doing well ~ they are missed.

As a former NYer (born & bred), I tried Mother’s Dough bagels a couple of months ago. I was not impressed. The spices for the everything bagel weren’t right and the texture of the dough was dry & airy. I wanted to like Mother’s bc she uses organic flour and the sour dough. And I like sour dough. Yetz is by far, the most authentic NY bagel in the area

I don't think Warner has that kind of power. And as I wrote two years ago, that part of McMenemy Trail "has always been problematic because of the dreaded section with all the switchbacks, which hikers, cyclists, and dogs regularly cut, causing erosion; moreover, the trail now runs along a section of unattractive fence and by a (rather grand) house and parking lot, which is not the experience most people crave when they’re hiking. So when the two property owners in question said the trail could be relocated elsewhere on their parcels—i.e., further into nature, rather than along the property line—it was a prime opportunity to solve all of the above issues."

I am surprised you didn’t get a photo with the enormous stone head/face on one of the Francheschi trails. It’s the one that overlooks the road below you can see when driving up to the house.

Luckily for you, they renamed it to Canola Oil for the sensitive western minds.

Great that the bandshell has gotten a chance for a second life! I doubt that many know of the late 1890's Fred Forbush bath house with a band shell that was built facing the ocean, and amplifying ocean sounds along with the music! Would be fun if somebody played the music that was typically played at the 1901-1913 bathhouse with orchestra balcony for a special event! I would imagine the programs of the time were in the newspaper. Cheers!

It was built by my friend and SAE fraternity brother at UCSB, Gary Gallup and his wife, who raised orchids commercially in hothouses at Carpenteria. At one time, his company sold approximately 35 percent of the orchids in the USA.

I discovered the Fly by Jing's Chili Crisp a month ago and have been putting it on my fried egg avocado toast. And since I have to eat eggs every day to keep up with the chickens, that means I'm eating a lot of it. Hopefully the rapeseed oil that Todd warns about doesn't accelerate my demise. Thanks for the heads-up that I can stock up at Vons!

Place stinks. Needs a full re-do. Excited to not waste great real estate and get something decent there.

I think that the Breakwater is one of the most underrated restaurants in SB. Let’s hope the new owners don’t over Gucci it up and raise prices. There is a reason why Breakwater has been in business for years.