Exactly. This assessment will be passed to the local business via their lease cam.
Thank you for getting involved. Having almost been run over by out of control electric bikes on several occasions, we are shocked that there are no police officers on foot patrolling this area. I don’t know how anyone, especially the eldergly would ever feel safe walking on this street, let alone any vistor feeling a sense of welcome to walk on an asphalt street with nothing of interest. When you walk on the sidewalks you feel the charm, but there is nothing charming about the current scene in the middle of State Street. The architecture and preservation of downtown Santa Barbara is critical. Business owners, residents and vistors are NOT happy with the current situation.
Shoutout to Strong Towns Santa Barbara for their leadership in articulating a thoughtful vision for the future of State St., helping organize the community, and making sure our voices are heard. Will be joining as a new member!
We lost a handful of trees in the winter storms and now there seems to be an overreaction where we are proactively cutting down trees that might fall. The thing about trees is… they can fall. We accept all sorts of risks in our day to day lives and the trade off of having large beautiful trees that provide shade and support our ecosystems seems worth it. The alternative is bleak, literally
A majority of property owners in Downtown Santa Barbara DID NOT agree to assess themselves to pay for a variety of public improvements. Only 57% of the property owners returned ballots, and while a majority of the retuned ballots were in favor that only represents 40% of Downtown SB property owners supporting this measure - which is an additional tax that is paid by our local small businesses via their commercial leases for services (not improvements) the city should be providing already.
The Grand housing project should be dead already. This is NOT what Santa Barbara and especially this area needs
Stella Mare's has been such a consistently good restaurant with lovely greenhouse dining; it
is another great loss. I think we need to write to the Runyon group and urge them to reconsider for the sake of the community. This loss of leases for really well loved and successful restaurants is the result of corporations/businesses buying up places and then booting out long steady businesses in order to boost the corporations profits. Their greed is ruining Santa Barbara--look at the empty spaces for lease in downtown Santa Barbara.
Thank You for publishing these marvelous images of Heaton’s Efemerobilia. Dolphins, Whales, skittish Mermaids and louche Mermen love his galleries.
The footprint is not changing.
You are always on-point with your reporting...thanks Eric!
Bespoke!
Hello,
Will the footprint of the Coral Casino be the same or are they trying to expand it?
Thank you
I hope in doesn't include the words "elevate" and "curate." What euphemisms for "high priced and pretentious." I
agree with you.
“The glamour potential is off the charts” Agree about the potential. I’m afraid in the end we’ll all be scratching our heads wondering “ what ever happened to class?” to such a classy place as the Coral Casino. Things were way better when Four Seasons was in the picture.
Id be interested to hear the out of town ( aren’t they all?) Runyon Group’s explanation for their decision to end the lease with Stella Maris. I hope it doesn’t include the words “elevate” and “curate”.
And just while I’m at it. There really are fewer and fewer places for families to take their kids for a bite to eat sitting down. There used to be lots of such places in this town. Montecito especially. We’ve got a lot of new places but few “ elevate” above mediocrity.
Such terrible news about Stella Mare, it's the perfect location for that restaurant. I hope they are at least able to relocate but I'm sure for them that's still not ideal given what they've created in their current location. Why do landlords in this town continue to insist on destroying anything good?
Also totally agree that another Nugget is very unnecessary. I would love to see something new but still local go in to the Derf's spot.
It’s the same owners, Courtney and Brendan Searls. He is already well-known for his role in such establishments as Video Shmideo, Bogart’s, Dargan’s, Viva Modern Mexican Cuisine and Eleven 14.
Yay for Alo!
I agree major disappointment. Not needed.
https://x.com/nbcsnl/status/1589301590187397120
Oh my a mortuary, the HOA will appreciate that one.
The EllPort Bluffs? The Degeneres Preserve?
Michael Douglas already beat you to the old Wilcox Property, but there are plenty more you could immortalize.
Hopefully, before Ty Warner does? <––(since emojis are not supported here)
Are we talking about Pizza Mizza in the former (it will always be) Acapulco space? Or Mizza the Italian restaurant on State? Are they the same company? I’m confused!
Gelsons 3305 State.
The sign at the former “Mizza” now reads Santa Barbara Courthouse Distillery and Events. So it looks like Sb restaurant guy and his readers were right. There’s still a mizza menu there but mizza, as a restaurant, has gone under.
