The whole Pueblo Pollo saga is pretty hilarious. It of course used to be a Pollo Loco, but they somehow got kicked out of the franchise for running afoul of standards. What you need to do to get kicked out of an El Pollo Loco franchise? I can only imagine. The posters on the wall had simply been taped over wherever the El Pollo Loco logo and branding appeared. I ate there once out of pure curiosity, and all I can say about it was that I was hungry before I ate their burrito, and not hungry after. That's the nicest thing I can say about that.
Welcome to the new Santa Barbara where city officials just don't get it. This is not my Santa Barbara.
I agree, one of the very ugliest "new" buildings I've seen in quite a while.
Another month, another few million flushed down the State St. gutter. Why so many continue to try and crack an uncrackable nut and open a restaurant on State St is a mystery. The street is littered with the corpses of broken dreams and lost savings. Reminds me of the old joke "How do you make a small fortune in the restaurant business? Start with a large fortune."
The Vera Cruz Village building is just awful. Why is the City allowing this type of architecture in our beautiful city!
It's a housing development called the Santa Barbara Polo Villas: https://www.sitelinesb.com/santa-ynez-general-has-more-than-doubled-in-size/
That is a bold claim. Care to substantiate it?
Do you happen to know what’s going on at the polo field? Lots of construction and it looks like they knocked down some of the older house on the property
Gentrification at its finest.
2023 Google Maps blur out vehicle license plates.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR, if a good one, can transform a town like nothing else. Where, oh where is CAMILLE BARNETT who transformed the city of Dallas in the 80s and was called upon to iron out the mess of Washington DC when Marion Barry had to resign. Camille is a graduate of UCSB. It’s worth a try to lure her back to town. Her motto: ‘Commitment To Excellence’. Who doesn’t love that?
HOMER leather goods are divine. Hand-stitched heirloom quality leather goods are back. No stamped vinyl coated Egyptian cotton canvas for comical prices there. Very pleased with my purchases that get better with use. I’m a fan.
This news is alarming to some- but the tourism folks score gold while the locals try to stop a permitted housing development by hiring a biologist to say “rain make mud”. Great article!
Mission Refill sounds amazing! Thank you! Make Santa Barbara Plastic Free!!
Lane Farms?
Tri-County Produce?
Wonderful story, thanks for sharing!
Hurry and open in Santa Barbara. Tired of driving to Brent's to nosh.
Would be amazing if Santa Barbara high school would open their field and basketball courts. Kids & adults hop the fence every night to play on the courts, just open them up. I drive to SBCC weekly to run the bleachers and track. I live nearby and would rather enjoy our neighborhood aswell.
I see what you did there.
We had a large party so they were able to reserve a table for us.
Im a local and REALLY wanted this to be on par with Auberge in Napa. Food is excellent, but aesthetically what the hell were these designers thinking?? Unfortunately looks all crammed together in a condo like mish mosh. Hoping landscaping will cover many tough edges !
Homer is a beautiful store.
I saw the construction at OnederChild- its never open- so hopefully they can hire help and be open for business more than 2 days a week, and hopefully the new help has a broom & window cleaner (hint hint). I send so many folks over there, only to have them return disappointed- it looks closed. Maybe hang some fresh flags?
"...every small business is someone’s dream" - LOVE this, Erik! Let's all support the dreams of others!
