Perhaps we could use more clarity on the budget shortfall? Maybe some qualified accountants could offer a bit of “pro bono” work to help the public understand it in simple terms? Always a lot of assumptions and opinions but never any detail. Point us to where we can get and understand details.
Where is the airport? The Santa Barbara Airport is in Goteta. No!!!!! You cant say that!
If you own a business on CVR you are going to say Montecito unless you want to confuse customers as to where you are located. Marketing 101.
Its surrounded by Montecito though. Montecito is a much better descriptor and creates less confusion.
PS. Coast Village Road is not Montecito. That’s well known but unimportant. MONTECITO has 3 fine dinner options: Pane Y Vino, Firehouse Grill and Futniture Store, and newby … Little Mountain.
Wasteful spending to change the NAME of post office!?!? Place names are handy. Giving a facility a person name is silly, impractical AND COSTLY! Stop this unnecessary expense.
Food should not be swimming in butter, period. But I want them to succeed.
Concerning the budget shortfalls- funny the County just can’t see the connection between Sable operating & tax revenue flowing in. The CCC saw the glowing light with Diablo.
Concerning the county’s projected financial shortfall: I just couldn’t help but be reminded of the 48% pay increases the Supervisors just granted themselves in May. This news coming just seven months later creates-at best-very poor optics.
Christine, you are lost in the sauce… whatever confirms your bias or floats your boat. Just because everybody else is doing it makes it cool, right? Also, how about a little less harm to the planet?… and I love the tit for tat with the almonds, lol. You seem so proud to be of the norm. Bravo.
I graduated from Brooks Institute in 1965, married a lovely native of Montecito and adopted Santa Barbara as my home, not where I was born, but where I matured, married, had a child born at Cottage Hospital and returned after the Army to work for Rex Fleming Prods. I fell in love with the architecture; I lived in a 1925 pure English Normandy home on the Riveria. Santa Barbara was my Paradise but I had to leave to follow a career path. By the time I was established back in the Midwest, I could not afford to return to Santa Barbara to live..... now I hear and read about developers who are hell bent on destroying the heritage of a small, seaside community which had the allure competing with the best of Europe....Will Santa Barbara become another Ventura? Where are the preservationists , the moguls who live there but without any protest to the destruction of one of the most beautiful cities in the world?
I love Little Mountain and have been three times. The rice is $12 not $17 and it's swimming in butter not oil and everyone whose shared it with me (4 people) loved it. The pork with apples is terrific...the cheesecake is amazing - and i love the staff.
Le Petit Valentien -- maybe not classic French, but pretty close and great prices and great chef Robert. (and Ethiopian on the weekends!)
The property has building violations on, and the property was held by a bank that wanted out after foreclosing on the previous owner.
If Merci chocolate caramels are anything close to their salted chocolate chip cookies...we all will be in heaven ♥️...can't wait to try!!!
I tried Little Mountain. Beautiful space and decor. But the menu, portions, and prices are ridiculous even for Montecito. $8 for cold bread (3 small pieces for a table of 4)...$17 for a bowl of rice that's swimming in oil...paper thin crudo, all meant to be shared family style. I really want LM to do well, but they need to reevaluate their concept or they'll be out soon.
What I want to know is, why is it that Santa Barbara abounds in Italian places, yet no place really exists for classic French cuisine, especially of the bistro/brasserie variety? Bar Lou at times represented itself as having French fare - but it didn't look that way to me...
Montecito restaurateurs need to learn that not all diners are billionaires and, and that inflated pricing does not work. The successful spots all have a good price/value ratio for what you get (relatively speaking!). Please give us that, and leave your pipe dream that's DOA in dream world.
Like the old Paradise Cafe!
Completely Agree. A lawyer opening up a flashy restaurant and expecting the city to compensate him for not knowing what he is doing ? This lawyer has always wanted to “ play with the big boys “ of Montecito. He should have stuck to law.
We need better and different options in Montecito!! why only steak frites on every menu !?!?!? And personally I do not understand why ca dario, tre lune (and don't get me started on los arroyos) are always busy ... perhaps old habits
Check out the lot lines. That is a constrained street locked parcel. Every other parcel on that street has oceanfront property and most have direct beach access. 4347 is landlocked.
Something funky smelling! Like the sulfurous volcano that it is on top of…
I too am surprised at this recent move by the owners of The Harbor Restaurant and agree about the owner. I have no doubt that it is very expensive to operate a restaurant on the wharf but I am quite sure he read that contract and lease and understood it 100%!
Little mountain is quite good — leagues above bar Lou. Perhaps less…comfortable? Less of a weeknight spot? But also a beautiful space and I can imagine the bar really taking off.
Bring back a slightly elevated version of Peabody’s! A diner with a great friendly crew and good food. Somewhere to take the family and the dog and not break the bank.
