223 Equestrian Ave
So tired of the cheap flips. I’ve been waiting to see what’s happening with Carrillo since it sold. It deserved more than cheap vinyl windows and a Home-Depot-special bathroom vanity. It’s a gorgeous little house in a charming slice of town and it deserves better. Darling little houses like this used to abound here, so it’s even more of a shame that in the rare instance we see one finally come up for sale in a total housing drought, it’s been cheapified and disrespected. I hope the new buyer has money for some casement windows and a better bathroom after they shell out 900k more than the buyer did a few months ago. What’s the profit margin on that thing? Too much.
Yes, for a while now. As I wrote last month: "The website (kitchen530.com) and Instagram account (@kitchen530) have been taken down. It's possible, of course, that the founders could be coming up with a URL and IG account that don't include 530—the original name was Kitchen 530—but usually you'd redirect the old ones to the new."
Seems like their website has expired:
https://kitchen530.com
I could not agree more.
I just checked with Acme and the word is that Tyger Tyger is not expected to return.
Any word on if Tyger Tyger would be returning? Their website still says "temporarily closed". It was always busy when we went (and we went often). I was shocked it did not reopen post pandemic.
I tried emailing and never heard back, so I just left a phone message. We'll see.... In the meantime, if anyone knows anything, please share it at [email protected] or 917-209-6473. All tips are guaranteed confidential.
Any updates on Kitchen 530?
Noticed at riviera bar staff is not wearing any face mask defying Santa Barbara ordinance , why you keep advertising them?
The food menu is on the website: https://www.rivierabarsb.com/food
i wish riviera bar had their menu on their website... what else besides burgers?
I could not agree more and have been hoping for the same thing. Restoration of the hot pink neon sign would be amazing.
I hope that whoever takes it over keeps all of the signage. A little bistro, café or wine bar could work nicely there.
Heartbreaking. It is true SB History. I hope another floral shop can take over the business.
This will explain the rotunda, in case you're not already aware of its history: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147913
Woops just read Jillian got it!
In La Arcada!
A Jewish Deli like in New York City would be Totally AWESOME!! We need more Ethnic Places like NY ??
Thanks for the explanation!
I was golfing Sandpiper and one of my friends, a pilot, saw them and said they are guides for planes flying into SB Airport. It makes more sense than remnants of a pier- those columns are really, really high. It doesn’t seem to be the right scale for an old pier. I wonder if SBA might disabuse us of this theory.
Regarding the trash can look-a-like at 1015 Orilla Del Mar; it’s an Air Release / Vacuum Relief Valve housing, for the city water system. which serve to minimize water hammer, as well as air intake during a main break. Not something you would want in front of your house! I wonder if this confuses the trash collectors?
I always wondered how such industrial and hard scrabble businesses survived in the area Whitcraft is so close to the beach. Then I worked in the Vercal building for a few years. Between the sewage treatment facility, Marborg's portapotty cleaning space, and the transfer station just across the 101, well, that can be an exceptionally _fragrant_ area when the conditions are right.
the quincentennial plaque
It is part of the El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park but across the street in the courtyard of the little adobe (with the dying garden) next to the Post Office.
