We’ve actually known about the San Roque location for a while but I appreciate your enthusiasm and have fun at the party
Erik,
This is from a very reliable source.
Your right same owners that own omni catering & teddys by the sea in Carpinteria are also planning on opening a second location in the (San Roque) area where the old Makenzie Market was located and that restaurant will be called “ Teddys on State “ this same group is opening a coffee house “ Brass Bird Coffee” I was told they will open the Carpinteria coffee house in about a month.
I am going to try and tag along to their opening party .
Carpinteria local out!
Regarding Ty Warner, this town really needs a shrink who specializes is money hoarding tendencies. I always imagine him in a house stuffed to the rafters with worthless things, steeped in paranoia and muttering to himself about how everyone’s out to get him. Get thee to a psychiatrist, sir!
He has many more enterprises apart from the SYR- Montecito Club and Sandpiper to name only a few in SB. After the fires/mudslides several years ago (and him compensating most employees for 6 months+ from each property effected) it seems likely he has insurance that will compensate him in the event of a closure for any reason now.
I’ll second your comments about Saint Bibiana!! It’s delicious!!
I called omni catering and left a message. If I hear anything I will let you know.
Thank you
All I know is that it's the same owners as Omni Catering/Teddy's and that it's called Brass Bird Coffee Co. (instagram.com/brassbirdcoffee).
Hi Erik, can you give us any information about the new coffee house that’s opening in carpinteria where the catering company was? I pass by there and they are doing an extensive remodel and their new patio looks amazing. Any information would be appreciated.
Thanx!
Carp local out.
I thought the owners of the bead shop were retiring and moving out of SB. Did they sell the biz to new owners?
For having work as a CFO in a leading luxury hotel group, margin are not thin.
That pizza does look good! I was sad to see Little Kitchen close but that makes me a little less sad...
Severance pay under most management contract would be the owner responsibility. At 4S, only the GM’ is likely to be employed by the management company.
But BG and AWBT could indeed afford it if they wanted to!
Let's not forget who owns the Four Seasons Hotel chain - Bill Gates and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal...I think they can cough up the severance the Biltmore employees deserve!
So glad Beads will be back!
The property will reopen when Warner and the Four Seasons come to an agreement or their contract runs out and Warner brings on a new management company (or goes independent).
OK
So WHEN will the Biltmore finally reopen?
As an employee of the property who is currently “on leave” during Ty’s selfish stand off- I am curious whether the public thinks Ty or FS is responsible for paying us our severance.
No doesn't have his own. The hotel management business is very complex and margins are razor thin requiring attention to detail. He is an accidental billionaire and does not have to play by normal rules like economics. The little people? What of them as they mean nothing to a sociopath like Mr. Warner.
I suspect that managing a property the size of the Biltmore, the Four Seasons New York, or Las Ventanas al Paraiso (Rosewood) is a much more complex endeavor than managing the 38-room San Ysidro Ranch (which is why he doesn't hire someone to oversee it). He's letting the two Four Seasons sit unused because he'd rather lose money than pride.
Ty Warner doesn’t need another management company as he has his own- that’s why he’s sitting with his properties “under construction” (where per contract they do not have to be open) until his FS contract runs out.
Great idea!
LOVE Siteline! So informative! In fact, wish you could take it to the next level with a calendar of great monthly events happening in the SB area? Would love your edit of great things to do!
I’ve wondered, too. I miss it every day.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Montecito
I like stories about the old days, does anyone know what happened to the green neon sign that was in front of El Encanto hotel?
