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More news if not yet addressed - the lower level restaurant in the harbor of the former Chuck's, and terribly woeful Anchor Rose is getting reviewed for a place called Corazon Sal de Mar - which appears to be related or owned by Corazon Cocina. So long as the prices are local friendly as they are at their other location, not too chichi (Gracie almost goes there), this could be a very nice addition. Mexican food in the harbor!

I do however miss their awesome neon sign.

Saaaammmmme.

I used to eat beef but was told cows are the cause of bad weather so I switched to chicken. Now I can't eat chicken either?

I’m dying

Would be nice to have some sort of article about Chinese restaurants in our area. Thanks. Love your work

I Completely agree Paul

Because their chicken is good.

Dad—you are the closed-minded hate and discrimination that's the real problem in the Santa Barbara community. It's hilarious that people like you think you're open-minded, yet you'll do anything to shut down someone else's point of view. Interfering with law enforcement when they're arresting child molesters is absurd. Until ultra-hateful people like you are directly affected in your safe little enclaves, you'll keep fighting for the molesters and the drug dealers. We are Mexican. We live on the Westside, and our neighborhoods are getting worse every single day. Our Latino restaurant owners are being hurt by illegal vending—all while white, rich, privileged people like you fight to protect it and silence the rest of us. FYI: The Latinos who run legal businesses are barely keeping their heads above water because they actually follow the rules. Imagine being a young Latina woman walking home late from a restaurant shift, having to pass under a bridge full of homeless people, feeling scared and harassed the whole way. You'd have to imagine it, because you'd never be in these neighborhoods at that hour to see the reality of what you're fighting for. It's a truly bizarre community. White people get together to "support" all us immigrants, but they don't actually care about us. They just love their gardener and their cleaning lady because those people serve a purpose for them. But 100%—they were the first ones to keep their distance during COVID because they thought those same workers would infect them. I saw it first hand. White women outside at the beach screaming at Mexicans to put masks on. That's the behavior of people like DAD If you really want to help immigrants, go down to the beach at the end of Milpas—there are a bunch of homeless people there right now. Bring them blankets this morning after the rain, bring coffee and warm food. Nah, you would never do that. Too scared. Your words and your signs do nothing to help anybody. If you really want to help, go take a walk around our neighborhoods and see how safe you actually feel. Go to the wall where the day laborers wait, give some money to the kids who just got here from Mexico, reach out to the young men being fed crystal meth by others—who are now addicted and living on the street. You'll find many of them right there at the wall. Go help. Sad truth about Santa Barbara: it's a community full of words and signs but very little real action that directly helps the people they claim to care about. Everyone would rather make signs, scream, stay at home unless they go to an event with other whites, and never actually go help someone. Low-IQ behavior. Go make a real change. we definitely know the intentions are good, but it actually creates no help. You're fighting to protect the criminals which actually makes our neighborhoods less safe, especially for our young women, our young Mexican women who are immigrants and don't report anything to the police when something happens.

The Village Properties building used to be Home Savings and another bank before the real estate office. The bankruptcy court was an I Magnin department store. Pay Junction was indeed a mortuary. How much time does it take to create each Walk With Me feature? They are quite extensive and well done.

It's neither Storke Placita nor Franceschi House.

There was a popular bar at this location for decades. That is until the owner of the building decided they wanted to open their own bar in the same location and terminated the lease. The other bar moved a few blocks away and is doing fine. Funny how that works.