The cost to build is surprising to me. $2m and they didn't have to hire an architect and apparently built it mostly themselves? $2m mostly in material seems dubious. The asking price is laughable considering you won't own the "land" underneath the home (the city of Santa Barbara owns the slip). You can still purchase a VERY nice house on land in Santa Barbara with garage, sizable yard etc etc for less than $4.9m. It will be a lot of fun watching this sale. Will they cut the price? Will someone actually cough up the asking price for a floating box
LOL somebody should send Jenna to do a supermarket sweep at the Ralphs downtown amongst the common folk.
A bit of Amsterdam or something charming for our salty harbor — it would be fun at least for a while. But I do wonder: Are there meters for your water and power just to this floating home? Where does your trash go? How many car covers will you go through in a year while parking your vehicle under the seagull canopy in the harbor? How quickly will it take you to learn to never wear socks on a smooth wood staircase without a railing?
Sounds like you see a business opportunity. You should take your money, your time and effort and open up such a place. You can employ locals, pay taxes and give back to the community in the process. If its wildly successful, the market is indeed here. If not, it wasn't. Stop asking others for what you want. Make it happen instead.
If you like to travel across the globe it’s great news. Sounds like you don’t get out much.
I love Erewhon and honestly some of their pricing is comparable or even better than Whole Foods. They have such amazing fresh, delicious food on their hot and cold bar.
wow... Jenna deserves an award... for something?
Christine, that's an confusing comment. Prioritizing an organic, vegan and ayurvedic diet requires lots of prep and cooking at home. So yes, I always do plenty of my own cooking as that is actually what I prefer.
However, I have an incredibly busy schedule and when I'm doing stuff around town or meeting with friends the plant-based options are quite limited and disappointing.
When I had a personal chef, I found that it helped ease a bit of the heavy legwork of planning, prepping, shopping and preparing. So yes, looking for a new chef in my new city! Open to any suggestions.
In the meantime, fingers are still crossed for Erewhon SB, more organic vegan restaurants/options, and perhaps more exciting Kitchenette collabs as long as they are healthy.
Jenna, can you not cook your own meals?
Maybe hire a personal chef if not?
I love Erewhon too and would gladly and likely spend way too much money there if they show up! I go to SB's FMs all the time and support our famers and eat healthy. It's wonderful and will always get my produce there. But I can't make most of those dishes at EW! I don't have the time nor the talent to do this. I hope this only makes me smart and doesn't make me a snob. I did see Anne Hathaway at the one in Hollywood but I just felt sorry for her because she kept her sunglasses on even inside the store. A reminder that one does not want to be a star. At any rate, despite having to see the occasional celeb, I do hope Erewhon lands here...soon. I go to Vons/Pavilions to buy balloons for special occasions but that's about it.
Dax, I wish I could see it! And no, I also would not buy a "$50 pyramid dust infused water bottle". Very funny though ;)
Always happy to go to Mesa Verde, Oliver's, and Satellite. Rascals is good but I don't know how organic it is and I'm not a fan of the veganaise/vegan cheese products. I wish it was made fresh in-house. Perhaps something they could consider in the future or they could work with Sproutcraft cheeses?
Any other organic / local / sustainable plant-based restaurant / café / prepared options that I'm missing? Any vegan and/or ayurvedic private chefs out there?
Santa Barbara has plenty of good quality and organic origin nourishment, IF only some would step out of their MonteBarbie homes, they would certainly find out. Whilst the old Von’s left a lot to wish for, the effort put into the upgrade deserves a cheer and gratitude for at least being open til late and convenient for all. The staff works hard and is there everyday, so your pretty little selfs can have something in your unused Italian designed cabinetry kitchen.
Having said that, I love the deli at Erewhon, it is quality and well prepared food, I have covered most, if not, all of their stores. On the grocery part I don’t support it, as I’m not “Erewhon rich”, plus, I find it obnoxious to pay fifty dollars for a pyramid dust infused bottled water. And the list goes on. Yes, it would be great to have an SB Erewhon, but look around and explore where you live, we may have the best right around us, we just don’t want to see it because it doesn’t have a pricey tag to show off.
BT, you're missing my point.
Erewhon is better because they have top quality PREPARED vegan and organic options. They also carry all the best products so it takes most of the guesswork/research out of the equation for the shopper. This includes their amazing selection of health and wellness and beauty brands.
I get basically all of my produce from local farms as well as the farmer's market, so I am NOT complaining about the lack of organic produce in the 805.
I'm simply saying that there is a disappointing level of organic plant-based options in Santa Barbara County when you want to grab a meal at a grocery store or a restaurant.
The Erewhon desire just proves how laughably broad the wealth gap is here. Agree slapping the Pavillions name on this is stupid, but saying there is a lack of quality organic in town is inaccurate. I’ve stopped at Calabasas Erewhon and while the juice is top notch, the produce is no better than Bristol or Lazy Acres - it just costs more. It’s easy to follow the prodcers, especially in CA… most of the produce is grown on the same farms as the Vons veggies in the Central Valley. You just pay more to say it’s from Erewhon.
Holly, out of touch? I consider it on the mark. Not sure when demanding higher standards and quality of food became "snobby" and associated with the Kardashians. Strange viewpoint.
Erewhon is great because they strictly vet all their products and their prepared foods are creatively crafted, using organic ingredients, locally when possible.
I support all local farmer's markets and locally crafted goods that use the best ingredients. I'm just primarily looking for a grocery store that has higher standards and SERVICE! and helps provide exceptionally preparedmeals when I don't have time to cook/prepare it myself.
Yikes — you sound terribly snobby and out of touch.
Maybe stop trying to keep up with the kardashians and support the local farmers market if you feel so strongly about organic produce
J, exactly!! Lipstick on a pig haha. New packaging on the same garbage. It's too bad. I wish Erewhon could replace them, but probably not a great idea only because the parking lots there are already a nightmare. Where can Erewhon SB land?! :)
Nancy, clearly you've never been to an Erewhon lol. It is top notch. The markets you listed are not even in the same league as Erewhon. Please.
Whole Foods went down the drain when Amazon got involved. Gelsons is just plain gross. Lazy Acres, nice try. Bristol Farms is certainly better than all the above but still doesn't cut it. Visit the one in Calabasas or the Palisades or the new one in Pasadena and you will perhaps understand why these markets are silly compared to Erewhon. Just sayin'!
Oh no! Not again.
Be sure to note the side of the market where the freshly painted exterior retains the outlines of the former “V O N S” letters in addition to a slapped on Pavillions — now that’s upscale!
Are you joking? There's Whole Foods, Gelson's, Lazy Acres and Bristol Farms. We have plenty of high end markets.
I thought Fig Mtn bought Hollister Brew co?
Is the only difference between Vons and Pavillions some new paint and lighting? As far as I can tell it’s the same junk food as before
Changing Vons to Pavillions is silly. SB needs an Erewhon market! This city has such a low inventory of high quality and creative organic, plant-based options. I shield my eyes and don't even look in that direction when I'm shopping at the Mart. Still praying this tacky market someday disappears!
The linked article explains, "Venoco declared bankruptcy in 2017, two years after the Plains All American transportation ruptured and caused the 2015 Refugio oil spill. Venoco and other companies used the pipeline to transport oil and gas from offshore platforms to refineries, and production stopped when the pipeline ruptured and was shut down."
And, "Other oil production infrastructure being decommissioned in the Santa Barbara Channel includes Platform Holly — located in state waters 2 miles from Goleta — and onshore processing facilities in Carpinteria, both owned by Venoco before its bankruptcy. The state and its taxpayers are on the hook for decommissioning wells when no other financially responsible party can be found. Companies can be held responsible for previously owned assets, which is why ExxonMobil is paying to decommission Platform Holly and Chevron is paying to decommission Venoco’s Carpinteria-area infrastructure. The State Lands Commission also said in June that it has plugged the 30 wells on Platform Holly and eliminated the hydrogen sulfide risk from those wells."
I mean, the article explains it.
