Do you know what is going into the former bank next to Vons at Montecito Country Mart? Also, looks like the outdoor sitting areas are finally being added to the shops on south side. Will this new seating area be built out all the way down to the Starbucks location from the Japanese restaurant above?
Ospi is delicious and staff and design are great. Only flaw is the opening from dining room and bar I to kitchen and storage. It doesn't seem like kitchen was designed to be open to dining area.
Nothing has been announced for the former gym space. Stella Mare's will become Bogavante, a Mexican seafood restaurant from Alejandro Marin, a co-owner of Loreto and La Cha Cha Chá in L.A. (There's more info at https://www.sitelinesb.com/first-look-inside-clarks-oyster-bar-opening-tomorrow/.) It won't be ready till later in the year.
Erik- Do you know what is going in the old Montecito Athletic Club space or the status of the Stella Mare building?
Thank you! Hopefully the city works with the developer of The Post to make the Los Patos abandoned exit engaging and beautiful.
No, they don't own the Magic Castle building or the apartments behind it, but they do own everything else on the block.
Do The Post owners own the apartments and magic theatre land? It seems like they are doing a great job and hope they can make the entire area feel like The Post. Great work!
Whatever you popped, refrain from ingesting it again. Hope you don’t give advice in the real world
I surely hope that this new facility is open to city residents that do not attend SBCC, done we're paying for it. Send that SBCC is more interested in recruiting or of state/ country students, rather that the actual purpose of a community college. Note to everyone screaming about the housing crisis, SBCC is not your friend.
The South island certainly has some great scenery and small towns.
We are primarily independent travelers for the reasons you stated but we have gone on the occasional guided trip. Sometimes it is nice to let someone else take care of the driving, parking, and hotels especially where language or cultural differences make those trickier. We have not traveled with Backroads but have gone with Overseas Adventure Travel and Gate 1 Travel. On all the trips we found the activity level to be way less than described. When there were longer hikes or walks many of the other guests would opt out. Sometimes the guides would let us go out on our own (once they realized we could find our way) but usually they prefer that the whole group stay together. We are not fitness freaks (we are in our late 60s) but we do walk or hike or bike nearly every day in Santa Barbara and while traveling you can see and experience so much more on foot than on the bus or sitting in the hotel bar.
Christine - the economy today is the legacy Biden’s policies. Further, the only reason the market is up is because Trump tanked it to make the wealthy richer, at the expense of the common American.. Are you really that blind?
Is it just me, or does that bathroom in the hedgerow house remind you of See's candy? Maybe it's because Mother's Day is next Sunday....
Your DEI is supposed to be a cure for division, but it’s been a wrecking ball- pitting groups against each other while preaching unity. The irony? A system built to include everyone ends up belonging nowhere.
Lighthouse skate shop
LOL, yeah, because so many students are invested in the stock market. Feel free to bring in national politics here, but I was speaking in general terms about the possible economic slow down in the next few years. That was one sentence, my dear.
The economy could very well tank after 4 yrs of rubber stamping by “Biden”? We just had 2nd month in a row of BETTER THAN EXPECTED job numbers. Hate to point out Stock Market this fine Friday, as it percolates up up up
Hello, The two Torrey Pines at El Encanto have fallen over. Over because waterlogged soil, or died?
Your site is very informative on Santa Barbara, thanks
"...outdated gym/men's locker room that does not abide by Title IX."
How does the existing facility not abide by Title IX? Is there just a men's locker room and no women's locker room?
I have a lot of faith in Ospi. I've dined at Jemma Hollywood a handful of times — it shares the same ownership — and I can confidently say from personal experience that the team behind these restaurants is doing an exceptional job. The food is consistently excellent (fresh, hot, delicious), and the servers are clearly well-trained to meet the company’s high standards.
The City College PE building project is ill conceived and poorly timed. I know it was on the list of priorities of Measure P, that's why I voted no on it. $75 million could be spent on other capitol improvements that would benefit more students and resident. And I believe the entire mission of City College should be reimagined. More vocational classes and schools. That's what we need, not a state of the art sports complex. And isn't that what they said about the "sky boxes" on top of the stadium?
And poorly timed, I see the matching funds will disappear next month. Better to hold off on this since the economy could very well tank in the near future.
Hi Everyone,
The Physical Education Building Replacement project is much more than just a sports complex - its an opportunity to revitalize the campus. The project will tear down the existing building that includes classrooms, offices, meetings spaces, Life Fitness Center (campus gym) and an outdated gym/men's locker room that does not abide by Title IX. The new building will have updated classrooms, meeting spaces, offices, equitable locker room space and more - here is the press release from the college with more info (https://t.e2ma.net/webview/do8tmi/48abc2e41d0cfe8f96aa4077009ba42e).
On SBCC's Measure P Transparency page (https://www.sbcc.edu/measure-p/transparency/) there is a link to the priority projects that the SBCC Board approved in June 2024 (https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sbcc/Board.nsf/files/D6JQR86A815C/$file/Bond%20Project%20List%20revised%206.24.24.pdf) - at the top is the Physical Education Building Replacement that is receiving $34 million in state matching dollars that would expire in June 2025. SBCC is moving forward with this project to leverage the state matching funds to enhance Measure P dollars.
Hope that provides more context.
Is that a complaint?
Relax everyone if a restaurant is overlooked. You can’t complain about it just support them and stop complaining.
Everyone knows that students whose teachers struggle with secure housing achieve better test scores.
I am the only one who thinks SBCC spending $100M on an athletic complex is insane? I wonder if Measure P would have passed if they said half the funds raised would go to a single athletic complex, there was no mention of that on their website https://www.sbcc.edu/measure-p/
