We’ve been able to walk around the corner to Via Vai for our 30 years of living here. It’s been our go-to family restaurant. We are personally devastated by its closure and deeply saddened by what it represents regarding the direction in which Montecito is going.
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Agreed, they don't even need to bury their rationale any more as long as they feel they are on the moral "correct side" in their estimation. California is gone folks..beyond the breach and over the falls for at least 15 years. Out when I retire...wish it was sooner!
Eik Kahng is a SB treasure. What a travesty!
Not diverse enough? I thought art was based on talent not skin color . I hope State Street does become like the SF tenderloin and surrounding area. Disgusting
This is such nonsense. What does inclusive even mean. So woke. Very disturbing.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their DNA.”
― Martin Luther King Jr. (probably)
The density of Irvine is actually higher than that of SB.
"immense harm upon minorities"...LOL
She’s “Cuban” as much as Elizabeth Warren is Cherokee. No one can verify her true background or story. She is exploited the academic system just like Elizabeth Warren. She “immigrated” to America at nine months old. Can we see the evidence and the evidence of her “brown-ness?” Or is this just her family folklore, similar to Elizabeth Warren? She is an outsider without a clear story or clear background check. Let’s see a DNA test.
Just because she was born in Cuba does not mean she is not white. She is a white woman born in Cuba, and her birthplace does not negate her racial identity. Being born in Cuba doesn’t automatically mean someone is not white. My white friend was born in Singapore. Perhaps you should consider avoiding assumptions based on birthplace. This is clearly a white woman exploiting diversity, while creating immense harm upon minorities.
Want to visit Bellosguardo
NIMBY's stop your kvetching and realize that density is good for Santa Barbara. People living, working and finding entertainment within walking distance keeps them off the freeway and our city from becoming Irvine.
No mention of the fish and meat market on Helena, where's the love?
Uh, that "white women" is a Cuban born immigrant.... to ehco your comment, don't be so blinded by DEIC that everything unfolding before your eyes is injustice and systemic racism.
It is shameful for a white woman to come in and co-opt the efforts of a tenured curator—a minority, Eik Kahng—then fire her, inserting herself in her position and the new curator, and destroy Eik’s efforts late in the exhibition stage after the loans had been secured. This situation exemplifies the abuse of white privilege and white power in non-profits. You should be ashamed for being so blinded by DEIC that you fail to recognize the injustice and systemic racism unfolding before your eyes. Get off Erik’s page.
I am never certain if responses like this are tongue in cheek but based on how outrageous the quota comment is I am going to go with sarcasm.
If you haven't learned by now, racial quotas are racism. By definition Affirmative Action was systemic racism. If you were an employer and had a racial or gender quota, even if race/gender are just one of several factors in the hiring decision, that is illegal. The museum would have been better off saying the exhibit was boring and wouldn't be a draw for the community.
That is quite the article about the Museum- I’m sure the eye rolls from the hourly staff are worth the price of a day’s admission….
Did you write the headline with the intention of being divisive? Since when are DEIB initiatives frowned upon when considering access of art to all?
Inappropriate to call out whether there is a quota. If you haven't learned by now, systemic racism is a real thing and without quotas, how would we ensure representation across all facets of our society?
I expected better from Siteline.
The Dart Garden May have a lease, but not a long one by commercial standards.
17M sale for the block - pretty sure that is a loss, the Dart Garden prop I recall sold for $3M about.
The plan was in all iterations poorly thought out, initially with a Schooner on top of one hotel building. I recall Cearnal was brought in later to salvage it, but too much silly remained. There were courtyards that would barely receive any sunlight. May all the proposed projects on the Eastern side of the Funk Zone be rational. Keeping as many of the parcels separate as possible could well set the foundation for that.
Via Vai closing will be the last nail in the coffin of old Montecito. Its a shame for Via Vai, and a bigger shame for the community and what it is becoming.
Thank you, Erik!! Being of British decent, I greatly appreciate you pointing out that High Tea is not the formal service most people think it is. The formal tea is Afternoon Tea served in mid-afternoon with tea sandwiches, scones and clotted cream and petit fours, whereas High Tea is the evening meal with more common dinner foods. Now, if we can only get people to understand the difference between Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie! Cheers!
I'd sign a petition to keep Via Vai open and to boycott any business that takes its place.
Good on Brian Kelly!!! Dart garden lives?
