I won’t hold my breath but this sounds like great news! Fingers crossed. Even the name SomoFunk was cringe. Hope this is the last we hear of it.
The property owner where Via Vai is located has made a terrible business decision. Greed or just plain stupidity, take your pick. Now there will be at least four vacancies in the center.
Not closed yet but the Mozilo house just above the Montecito club went under contract in a hurry. I hope they like the sound of pickleball...
Hey Mike,
No one is forcing you to go to these places that charge you $19-$20 for a sandwich. Stop complaining about prices and just go to subway sandwich.
GQ
According to what I’ve read that is not who will be housed there. It’s single individuals. Not families. I may be wrong but that’s the reporting I’ve seen.
Can someone kindly put me in touch with the broker that represents the space of Via Vai?
Wealthy developers are Siteline’s jam.
It's 19/26 dollars for a hamburger at most non chain restaurants . If it is good, it is worth it.
Enjoyed everything about Azul, especially the service. Hard to find such good service it seems. I'll be back for sure. Felt extremely welcome and attended to. Not too much, not too little, and very friendly. The food was delicious.
You got it!
Is this the bench down on Cabrillo just before the Visitor Center and Garden?
Bagels at Yetz are the real deal. You simply cannot get anything like them west of NYC. Daniel is such a super-friendly guy and so excited about his latest creation. Isla Vista is not the end of the world. Believe me, it's worth the trip!
It’s easy to imagine the place filled with homeless winos, but if you consider that 30% of the homeless in Santa Barbara are children you have to change your thinking and realize that this will get families out of their cars and into decent shelter.
At first, I thought this was said in jest, but nope. Says everything you need to know about New 33% More Filler Vacuous Downtown Santa Barbara that helps no one except rich people who don't live here who know how to out-lawyer us:
“The Press Room and the parking lot next to it are clearly in the center of town and are an undeveloped parcel sitting there right now,” Jordan said. “Regardless of whether you are going to save the Press Room or not, that is just obscenely underdeveloped as to the best use for where it is right now.”
Remember that scene in Idocracy where the Costo is something like 5 miles long? Let's just get it over with and make downtown SB one huge stucco building from Mission to the ocean, Milpas to the 101, and be done with it. I'm sure the same person owns 99% of downtown anyway.
I’m with you Mike! Support local Three Pickles. Their Ruben is $12.95. I just can’t support these inflated prices.
Maybe if the Ruben, as shown in the photo, is a triple decker! LOL! Well then you can share with 3 people and, now, THAT would be a deal!
Wexler’s are coming up from LA with their high inflated prices!
Support our local delis like Three Pickles, South Coast Deli…
It’s become my pet peeve that who ever is reviewing a business neglects to offer an address. Specifically I’m speaking of Azul. Even going to their website there is not a specific address. Based upon pictures one can figure it out but why? Why be so cryptic? Has to be a reason but I can’t fathom it.
In the Press Room fight if you think the defense was "I guess the but-it’s-my-favorite-bar defense didn’t work. " then you are either willfully ignorant or weren't paying attention. Building yet another hotel amongst declining vacancy rates that virtually no one in the community wants building - except other wealthy developers or those with vested interests - is not even close to sound community planning. Honestly, check yourself, Siteline.
Probably paying high rent????♀️
Thanks for the warning on the "sponsored" email. I wondered what happened to the Sunday news drop.
Welcome to Santa Barbara, and do you have any understanding of overhead (food costs, payroll, payroll taxes, rent, etc etc) and basic economics? Dutch Garden charges the same price for a pastrami sandwich. Wexler's are also making their pastrami in house, and it's about as good as any place in California, and up there with some of the best pastrami houses in New York. But there's always Sam's to Go and Subway if you're on a budget.
Then don’t go.
The Eagle Inn, 232 Natoma Avenue - https://www.theeagleinn.com/
Look forward to having you at Gala! Ask for me when you get there, I’m there most nights! - Tara
Yes, I was shocked about the change up at Lucky’s. Felt like the previous manager had been there forever. Lucky’s is full of long time employees and even thought we don’t go a lot we always see familiar faces. Too bad about Via Vai, seemed like a good fit for that location. Still waiting for Ramon’s new place to open in Country Mart. It has been shuttered up tight with no activity the last few times I’ve been over there.
Interesting list of 16 best new restaurants to try in SB on Eater.com. Can’t say I agree with all the choices, but need to check out Gala and go back to Secret Bao.
https://la.eater.com/maps/best-santa-barbara-restaurants-california
