DJT,
USFS may not be able to enforce these rules, but we- a group of Los Padres lucals- can, and do. As avid riders of real bikes, we enforce the no motorbikes (aka ebikes) rule by destroying them. We are extremely serious about this.
A bike with a motor is a motor bike. Learn how to pedal.
Hi Erik,
The address is 4835 Carpinteria Ave. I remember reading in the city documents that the Sarah Dandona group also owns this property.
I live 1.5 blocks away from this building. Super excited for a new place to enjoy a nice cup of coffee.
Ca Lo
I doubt they'll talk to me, because they haven't been forthcoming about the Mackenzie Market. But it's worth a try! Can you tell me where it is?
I work for the city of Carpinteria and we are all very excited about a new coffee house coming to Carpinteria. The owners of omni catering and Teddy’s by the sea are planning on opening a full on coffee house with lots of patio seating according to Carpinteria city permits that were submitted and approved. Can you please find out when they are planning on opening? Thanks Eric!
Carp local out!
Hi! Thanks for the mention! Just to be clear I have no official affiliation with aloha, just privileged to get a behind the scenes peek. Yes, the volcano is part of laser tag. Between that, mini golf, and the arcade- my kids may never leave ?
Nope, but a good guess.
CAW - Community Arts Workshop
+1 to Sweetgreen!!!!
Glad to see a couple of raw bars opening up. It would also be nice to have a fast casual salad restaurant like Sweetgreen. Will definitely be checking out Local and Inn at Matteis Tavern
Way back in the day- the spot Frequency now is using, anyone remember when it was briefly a spot called MANGO?
Afraid not, but thank you for guessing!
What a great, perfectly Santa Barbara lock!!! Total guess, by the old Presidio shopping center avenue driveway by where Frequency Wine has gone in.
I feel for Embermill — the concept was interesting and welcome, but that spot has been traditionally hard with steep rent. Coastrange also posted about recent negative reviews (particularly long waits). I wish Yelp had a great resignation. While a directory of what's available to eat in an app is great — the reward system for Yelp fosters horrible or unreliable reviews. I wish the focus on that app was different, and the way Yelpers can sink a business is disgusting. And part of why I am on a rampage to over-tip every establishment what I can. This bothers me much, I've deleted the poorly run app forever and will rely on Siteline, Edible, The Restaurant Guy and even Eater for local food ideas (and similar sites elsewhere for when I travel).
I ate at Embermill last night. Honestly I don't know how they have survived or will continue to much longer. There was only a few tables and one server, I can't imagine paying State Street rent with such an empty restaurant. It took a long time to get food and things were forgotten but we're in a pandemic and the Great Resignation so I remembered I needed to reset expectations and just be glad I wasn't in lockdown and could go out to eat at all. On that note, my favorite restaurant, Black Sheep, had to put a message on their story today about people leaving bad Yelp reviews in the midst of a pandemic. Their service and food has always been on point so if they are having a few tough nights so is everyone else. Might be good to remind readers to reset expectations or just stay home. XO
I would like to see small local shops.
Mary- what would you like to see La Cumbre Plaza morph into? What would make it draw the needed shoppers/eaters?
It would be great to see shops on the bottom and housing on the top- like all those lovely European cities!
That's the last thing we need..."Caruso". ?
Yes, I rather Caruso set his sites on La Cumbre over the Montecito Upper Village!!!
I was at the Grove during the Holidays. It is a beautiful Shopping Center. However, it was disappointing to learn that several of the beautiful shops (i.e. Crate & Barrel) were no longer there. There were lots of boutique high small stores which I found very disappointing. I hope that La Cumbre Plaza can be revived with a large store like Macy's.
Harrison collects trash in carpinteria and just launched a separate compost program last week - customers put their food compost in plastic bag (!!) with their yard waste bin.
I agree- keep and greatly improve shopping + add housing and open areas. Make it a destination hub!
I agree. Would be a great addition to upper state. I'm bullish.
It would be lovely to see this space developed into a Caruso style shopping experience (The Grove, The Americana, etc). With some fountains, maybe a big movie theatre where Sears was, maybe Nordstrom can come back and replace Macy’s and then let the retail come back to fill in the remaining spaces, some great restaurants with patios facing the fountains…
Yes, that's the one I went and checked on Sunday. It was open.
