Bring on the culinary diversity! I welcome any and all creative restauranteurs to expand the drinking and dining scene in Carp.—especially establishments with such generous pours as The Nugget. Now if we can just get places to stay open past 9….
The architects have provided attractive drawings, but they have ignored the core issues of cars and parklets. Too controversial? Will someone please explain to my why the advocates for returning cars to State St. [e.g. Jeffrey Harding in the Montecito Journal and seemingly Randy Rowse] think returning cars to State Street is going to improve sales for businesses on State Street? Pedestrians patronize stores and restaurants/wine bars, not sightseeing tourists only driving up State St. or the local "cruisers" going up and down the street that I used to see pre-COVID while sitting at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. I for one am most interested in outdoor restaurant seating without the noise and pollution of motor vehicles. That provides an inducement to visit and patronize the downtown.
You got it!
Cota and Garden.
Keith… what conspiracy theories are you referring to?? We are just making educated assumptions
Not the entire city council, Mayor Rowse and Eric Frieden wanted to follow the city staff.
$15M for a property that burned down in the Thomas fire only 6 years ago.. It’s no wonder insurance companies are fleeing our state
The idea of the seller paying the commission was to make sure the buyer is represented accordingly, which is now ip to the buyer to make sure he gets an agent and doesn’t try to safe money or has no one to represent him because he can’t afford it. Do people really think sellers will lower their listing price now because there is no buyers commission to be paid? Come on…
I never said it was profitable
They're still being subsidized. City staff came up with a rent structure for the parklets that covered the city's costs, city council then arbitrarily knocked that rate down significantly.
Teddys is my go to place when a want a stiff drink and probably the best fish tacos in the area. Not to mention all the good looking girls that work there.
R.
If shalhoobs was profitable at the public market they would not be closing down even if they are opening up another store across town. Once a restaurant becomes profitable it’s a terrible business decision to close down unless your lease is not renewed or you get kicked out by the owner of the business. It’s to difficult to make a restaurant work, so closing just because your opening up another restaurant makes zero sense!
We are not buying it sorry!
You can explain it however you want. It's still a cartel doing cartel things.
Yeah I don't get it either, especially in that small space. I go to the Nugget in Summerland for the ambiance and nostalgia, but not necessarily for the food....
And not sure where other locals hang out, but there's not really a replacement for the Palms yet, and this certainly won't be it.
I'd like to comment on the reference to the New York Times article above. The National Association of REALTORS does not set commissions and never has. They have always been negotiable and they are set between the homeowner and the listing broker. I invite your readers to learn more about the settlement agreement and the policies that NAR does have by visiting https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/correcting-the-record-nar-does-not-set-commissions
There is no line at Corazon during off hours. None at all. That would be financial suicide.
And to put things into more perspective, Empty Bowl is literally the ONLY business still standing after day 1 of the Public Market opening. That says something about the $/sq foot of that location. Bottom line - if Hoobs was profitable, they would not be moving.
I am thrilled that parklets will finally be paying for all the services they receive from our City and County. We taxpayers have been subsidizing the additional clean-up required by parklets for way too long. The raised public parking rates (a detriment to all of us to do our best to support our local retailers and restaurants) have also been subsidizing the costs of parklets...not to mention all of the restaurant owners who did not get free rental space and paid their fare share of taxes over the last nearly four years....
My understanding is that Shalhoob's wanted to focus on opening the Magnolia Center location. And both sides said it was completely amicable.
I’m guessing with their new place about to open , they didn’t want spread their staff too thin . Also the might have decided they could move some fixtures and equipment to Goleta and save some money.
Shalhoob seemed to be doing great business. That leads me to believe that they either didn’t pay their rent or had a disagreement with owners of the public market.
Does anyone know any more details? Very curious
Have you ever owed a restaurant or managed one..?? How can you tell restaurants what they should be putting on the menu????? I am vegetarian myself and I’m not expecting restaurants to cater to my every need.
Please be more considerate when writing comments and remember the world doesn’t revolve around you like your parents might have told you.
Foodie out!!
Love your conspiracy theory. Hunter's laptop rules. Go Brandon!!!
Piroshky is the same as pierogi. Just cuter name by public. Please don't change!
Here it is, B&P Code 25607 - apart from certain exceptions "it is unlawful for any person or licensee to have upon any premises for which a license has been issued any alcoholic beverages other than the alcoholic beverage that the licensee is authorized to sell at the premises under their license. It shall be presumed that all alcoholic beverages found or located upon premises for which licenses have been issued belong to the person or persons to whom the licenses were issued. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. The department may seize any alcoholic beverages found in violation of this section."
If a stupid rule exists about alcohol consumption, you can be certain it's because of some ABC/State licensing requirement rather than a business or owner's wishes. It is the same at Third Window Brewing which shared an outdoor space with a winery, same with Topa Topa Brewing where you can't buy a beer at Lama Dog and walk next door, and have to talk to people in the wine tasting over a physical divider.
