This is extremely sad news. What a great establishment. Is there something that can be done to save it? Seems so abrupt. I wish someone could take it over!
Shady Acres had a couple of unique holes on the course that I remember quite well:
•The Comma- Shaped like the punctuation mark. Supposedly, if you hit it just right, it would follow the contours of the wall and give you a hole-in-one.
•The Canyon- Tall winding walls that encased a couple of S shaped sequential trails that led to the green. Fun to watch your ball go rolling up and down from wall to opposing wall on the way to the hole.
•The Anthill- Exactly what it says. A foot-tall steep cone with the hole on top. Total nightmare. An automatic 6 on your scorecard.
Also in local Mini-Golf History:
• There were plans to build a course off South Los Caneros near the freeway in the early 80’s. Some tiny houses were built as scenery for the course, but that was as far as it ever got. They had a small Arcade in a bungalow-like structure there for a few months that I played in a couple of times.
•I have never seen it, but I have been told that there is small Mini-Golf Course at the Biltmore. Evidently it has been shuttered in disrepair for ages, but if the place ever reopens, what a wonderful gift that would be to the community if it were to be repaired and particularly if it were to be open to the public, like the fabulous Brunches they used to host.
Since the profile looks a little like Thomas More Storke, the publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press, wild guess here, but how about somewhere in Storke Placita, the pedestrian alleyway that connects State Street to De La Guerra Plaza?
Pre-Covid the Carp places were just cooking along when the business park was packed. Its a ghost town up there now and you can see the lack of lunch business now.
No, but thanks for guessing. Actually did that one last March: https://www.sitelinesb.com/where-in-santa-barbara-212/
If folks show up to Food Liaison in Carpinteria - - maybe they can stay open. the town has been lining up - - please help us keep this GEM in biz!!! The crack bowl is named that for a reason: SO ADDICTIVE!! See you there soon!
The Crack Burrito at Food Liaison was a favorite of mine. They have great food. Sad to see them go but also amazed they hung on so long after the Procore office in Carp emptied out. I wished they’d have been able to find a better location and been opened on weekends after that.
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Hmm, was this at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum or the Riviera Frog Wall?
Not sure how you missed Queen Cup closing their coffee shop in SY, coupled with today’s news that Lucky Hen Larder is also closing- fall out or TBD new pastures? Queen Cup pops up in a cubby parking lot ( parking is a premium in Los Olivos! ) across from St Marks a few days a week…
Showed up for our Valentines’ lunch, only to be turned away (sort of). We were greeted with, “We have no power and no anticipated return of power. However, you may sit at the bar and enjoy cold appetizers!”
Not a good way to retain customers. At least offer a rain check or a complementary something to demonstrate that they want your business now and in the future. We scrambled for our special lunch and eventually landed at Joe’s for a great meal.
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It's not long at all—15 minutes round trip is about right.
How long is the walk - can't tell if it's 15 minutes round trip or more significant. Hoping it's more like a mile or so round trip. Thanks for any additional info.
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Ohhhhh…I noticed one of those platforms at the bird refuge a couple weeks ago. Thanks for the tip! I’ll check out them out up close.
Yes I agree. These things work in Europe for some reason. People are used to cars, bikes and pedestrians all on the street. Maybe we are in too much of a hurry or self-centered. Or just not used to it and time is not helping. Also, one thing people don't bring up is that State street has a fairly steep grade! When going southward toward the pier, it is very easy and natural to pick up speed. Bicycles are not want to hit the brakes, but use the downhill speed when it comes. Who can blame them. Maybe we put up speed bumps. Ha, then we get a no-speed bump lobby...
The drafts were a bit confusing but once I figured them all out block by block and studied the renderings I think this is the best proposal and design I have seen so far. I think it would be quite beautiful & suit the downtowns needs and accommodate bikes, cars, pedestrians, diners, the “theatre district”, the center of downtown connecting with De La Guerra Plaza. They are planning for lots of trees and a traditional SB Spanish design. Let’s get it passed and get something done & stop talking about it! Downtown deserves it! I♥️SB
When will we finally admit that you can’t have your cake and eat it too on State Street? A pedestrian-friendly paseo does not mix with bikes—whether e-bikes or traditional bicycles.
Back when State Street was open to cars, I rode my beach cruiser up and down the street all the time. The difference? Pedestrians weren’t walking in the roadway.
In today’s mixed-use experiment—where pedestrians and bikes are forced to share the same space—pedestrians will never truly feel safe. And now city officials are tying themselves in knots trying to accommodate both uses in one corridor. It’s well-intentioned, but it’s not realistic.
This simply won’t work long term. The city needs to make a clear choice: either ban all bikes on State Street, or move pedestrians back onto the sidewalks. Trying to do both in the same space satisfies no one—and compromises safety for everyone.
the users, (abusers) of State Street are often marauders.
Those descending often go at excessive speed. Pre closure, there were traffic signals that did help. Separating e-bikes from human powered vehicles is probably reasonable. Making the Street one way only going up probably would work with that.
Wide pedestrian sidewalks help too. N
