The food at Ospi might be the attraction, but the parking situation is a real turn-off.
Those of us who live and work downtown are so happy to see Win Dow Burger about to open, the charm is affordable and easy to walk to.
snide
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adjective
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derogatory or mocking in an indirect way.
"snide remarks about my mother"
$700 for parking at Cafe Del Sol! Your $500 was a deal! Took my mom to a bday brunch at Ospi this past Sunday and parked in front of Cafe Del Sol/Magic Castle/nothing really for years... and came out to a missing car. There is a RING camera on the building so apparently they can amke quick calls to Loves Towing. I need to quit my day job and start a towing business- this is a heck of a racket!
How about we start with things more local and within our control, like with the $25 BILLION CA spent on homelessness the past five years only for the problem to get worse, with zero accountability attached to those $25B. Trump's foodbank cuts to USDA were about $1B nationally. Imagine what CA could have done with that $25B.
Right On!
Love the folks who operate the zipline park- you should go visit their protea farm Erik. The article should point out the $25 fee per child + reservations to visit are mandatory
It’s like buying a mercedes or bmw and removing their signature piece.
I think the red knobs look pretty cool.
the point was even a vegetarian recognizes the difference between cheap burgers and steak. Too complex for you?
Giovannis, Rusty's, Pizza Man Dan, Little Caesar's, Nutbelly, Dom's, Mollie's, we have cheap pizza and gourmet pizza all over the map. We definitely did NOT need another one. Would've been great to have Greek, French, Indian instead of the same old stuff.
Ohhh poor Ken! He’s a vegetarian.
I certainly agree that the government isn't always efficient, and shouldn't be expected to do everything. But federal funding for food banks (say that ten times fast) is generally considered to be pretty efficient. And if we're going to be critical of government efficiency, maybe we could start with the hundreds of billions spent on the military?
What “bumpy facts” are you referring to?
Food banks do keep citizens from going hungry.
Trump did cut $1B from federal food bank funding, indicating this is not a priority.
Trump does want to extend tax cuts and increase military spending, costing trillions of dollars, indicating that these are his priorities.
It’s pretty straightforward.
I can imagine the comments section is a lot of work. The independent turned theirs off and that is likely where you will end up. It is nice however to have a community bulletin board. Granted, people can be very absurd, unkind, vulgar and so you have to police the comments. It's easy for us to say 'keep it'!
Regarding feeding the hungry, I think everyone agrees it is a #1 priority, along with tending to those who are sick or hurt. However, some of us have lost faith government. But we have not lost our faith in people. To have faith in people and nonprofits - but not the government - in carrying out various missions and functions - does not make some of us bad or uncaring people. We just want things to be more efficient so they can continue on. In the end, I don't relish saying this, it is about economics. The debt reaper will come and he be merciless, and more will suffer rather than less. There will not be enough money to plug all the holes.
I think most reasonable people care about the same things, just not always on the means to achieve the ends. Let us not be unnecessarily divided and find solutions we can all agree with. Consensus is often found where unanimity cannot even be imagined.
Hear hear! My sister works at the Food Bank and these cuts are VERY real and painful. It’s devastating for the staff and the people they’re feeding. Absolutely absurd that people can argue in the comments about feeding our local Santa Barbarians who need assistance. Go Erik!
I heard they couldn’t afford to hold off as long as this development took (since it was pushed back so many times). Would love to know what happened for real though because we were all looking forward to seeing them again!
🤔 hmmm there is a public parking lot at Amtrak Train stop about 1 block away, probably less than a block. Smart & Final has a big parking lot but not sure if there is a parking attendant.
Can't we all at least TRY to meet somewhere in the MIDDLE? It seems folks are hell bent to stay either hard left or hard right. I agree with John, let's volunteer more and not rely on government to try to solve all problems, because they can't.
We went to Linden Square around 4:30 yesterday to check it out and it was hopping. I've never seen Carp this vibrant! It's a beautiful space and I think it's going to be a huge success.
I would love for you to turn off the comments section. Some are simply too disrespectful and unkind. Thank you for all you share, Erik. Your site has become such a wonderful part of our community!
I totally get that and agree they should have signs at least warning people. But the owners may just be flat out fed up with people parking on their property.
When the Post was getting ready to open, the owner (either Runyon group or the individual owners, not sure which) were telling all the staff to park in Stella Mares parking lot. Mind you this is when the restaurant was STILL OPEN and extremely busy due to their impending closure.
The owners were forced to block their own private parking lot to prevent Post employees from using it. So the Magic Castle owners may be at the end of their rope and going tow crazy.
Happy to hear about the Derfs space being put to good use!
I'll try asking but I suspect not, as the leasing map shows the bookstore space as for lease.
Will the Lantern Tree bookshop be opening soon at Linden Square? They were slated to be there.
Thank you. I really enjoy your site and think it is extremely valuable. Fills a need in our community. Why people feel a need to visit someone's website and then feel the need to rudely comment on that website's content, is unbelievable. No one is forcing anyone to be here. You and your website are very appreciated.
