I had hired Efe to give a cooking lesson for me and my husband a couple years ago. He's a talented chef and a lovely person. When I found out he was opening a restaurant I was thrilled.
We ate at Aegean on Saturday (yesterday). It was delicious! It's wonderful to finally have an authentic, high quality mediterranean restaurant in SB.
We will be regulars. : ) C
Congratulations Efe!
I also had a good laugh at that comment!
The firewood stuffed into the white cabinets in the hope ranch annex house has got to be a joke.Right?
Well said. Panic before facts is a waste of time and causes chaos.....
Intermezzo’s water heater exploded during service, and shortly after, they laid off half their staff. The situation doesn’t suggest they’re heading in the right direction.. especially with three new 1-star reviews since closing.
The fence on the side of the car wash on milpas? Think it recently changed names…
fence by superica
"first debut" - thanks for the morning chuckle!
Me, too!
I believe this is the 1381 East Valley Road listing before the tiger found his stripes. :))
https://www.compass.com/listing/1381-east-valley-road-montecito-ca-93108/29549697043603329/
While the outside spaces are lovely, the inside of the 'black' house is a total redo in my book except for the windows/doors. Garish wallpaper, even on the ceilings? No cabinets in the kitchen (or in the bathroom from the only one photo posted)? A nook for the bed that you can barely get out of? Even the 'kids room' painted black? This is a clear example of a designer gone wild.
Museums should have way more leeway for that kind of marketing signage. I think it looks great.
I want to echo what AFC has stated. Just because admissions were offered to a record number of students does not mean enrollment will increase. Due to the current administration's view on higher education and immigration, many schools are facing an uphill battle when it comes to enrollment.
Please correct your headline because school hasn't started yet and we won't know what the actual attendance is until September 25th. This misleads people like Rogelio into thinking SB is being invaded by students (and apparently Chinese??)
53k admitted but only 7-10k will actually accept and attend. Kids apply to many colleges these days and schools have to over accept. I only applied to UCSB back in the day but my kids probably applied to numerous UC’s and other schools.
53,259 student?
Santa Barbara only have 80,000 peoples, this is no good
They want money, no care for house problem or cost to comunity with too many peoples. I wonder how many are Chinese people?
I sure they will save PATH like they do with Casa de La Raza. Casa de Rosa was important for community until taken over by people they hire and push no Catholic ideas like stuff Latino community no like.
PATH is bad for east side, like zombie everywere near the buildgn.
People live there not happy. I hope it go away, not get pardon. If you sad about this, let’s PATH moce to your neigborhood, bring zombie crazy people there
Cacique bridge project so nice, but now trash with body and poo. So sad. People want walk to beach, but scary drug people everywere. This because of PATH. If you don’t like my word, I hope they move it near your kids, see how you feel then. We scared walking with our children to beach from our neighborhoods because these people on drugs going to the bathroom everywhere we're tired of seeing he naked body.
In January 2021, video game executive John Riccitiello bought the property for $32.3 million, and workers have been toiling away on it ever since.
Afraid not, but thanks for guessing!
I ran across this old article. I worked at this stunning estate. The kitchen was highly used and looks exactly how it did when I worked there 20 odd years ago. The property is like nothing else. Specimen trees, plants and yes the dragon tree is out of this world to see in real life. I've seen work there for at least 2 years. Any updates on it these day 8/27/25?
Sounds amazing. Excited to try it
harbor by the fish market
This menu is wonderful and just what SB needed! Now to try and get a reservation…
Book me for one of everything!
The pre-opening party was so fun- full of excitement and anticipation and obvious love and support from friends and family. We stopped in after reading about it here on Siteline. So glad we did! We will be back soon. Congratulations, Chef!
I haven't tried Rozzi's yet, but their prices are ridiculously high! You can get the best quality pizza in Italy for a fraction of the price of these. Welcome to America the rip-off!
Sounds delicious. So exciting to welcome what sounds like a wonderful new restaurant that isn’t pizza, smash burgers, or wings!
Viva le diversitie …
