May 21, 2025
Tag: 30 Los Patos Way
The Restaurant Parking Wars Are Heating Up
More food news: The Carpinteria outpost of Dart Coffee Co. will have food made in house (and its Funk Zone café will relocate in coming years); The Palms will have a gourmet market component; Sunshine Café's former building changed hands; a win-win deal from Rori's Artisanal Creamery. 48
May 11, 2025
Opening Date for the Linden Square Complex in Carpinteria
Plus: A winning makeover on Garden Street; changes to a busy block downtown; Mācher's Santa Ynez shop opens this week; Mad Dogs & Englishmen is returning to Montecito; another outpost of the Well; upper De La Vina Street to be one-way during bridge replacement; "special parties" in the works at the Magic Castle Cabaret; a better look at the Hilton Santa Barbara's proposed expansion. 22
February 15, 2023
Maíz Picante Taqueria on De La Vina Has Opened
More food news: Morro Bay restaurant specializing in boba and taiyaki is coming to State Street; Azul pushed back its debut again; Sherman Oaks Italian opening downtown; the former Magic Castle Cabaret is being offered as a restaurant space; Red Pepper’s Goleta outpost closed; Press Room documentary; are the painted parklets an improvement? 5
October 19, 2022
January 13, 2022
A New Tenant for the Sears Building at La Cumbre Plaza
Plus: A peek inside the roller rink opening on State Street; the Magic Castle Cabaret space is said to be getting a new chapter; Hueneme Supply Co. is moving into the old Tent Merchant compound; updates on Highway 101's Sheffield ramps; recycling centers have reopened; major price cut on Ortega Ridge; good housepeeking at a historic $95,000-per-month rental. 1
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