August 31, 2025
Tag: Linden Square
The Name of Barbareño’s Sister Restaurant
More food news: Dart Coffee Co. is a welcome addition to Carpinteria; more on the rooftop bar at Linden Square; Sweetgreen really is opening in Goleta; Intermezzo has cut back service; expanded hours at Gracie on the harbor; Upper Village restaurant repositioning; Ventura's Room Service Coffee soft-opens this week. 12
August 24, 2025
August 17, 2025
Two New Cafés Debut This Week
More food news: A chance to taste the cooking of the folks behind The Palms; El Roblar's daytime restaurant now welcomes non-guests; Santa Barbara Hives profile; Happy Canyon Vineyard appears to be leaving El Paseo; recipes from Na Na Thai and Priedite Barbecue; restaurant advice between here and Death Valley. 12
July 9, 2025
The 32 Restaurants Expected to Open in Coming Months
On the menu this year: Aperitivo's spinoff; two Thomas Keller establishments; an outpost of Nobu; three true farm-to-table restaurants; Basque-inspired food downtown; Mediterranean on De La Guerra Plaza; harborside revamp; three newcomers at the Public Market; two Funk Zone cocktail bars; Mexican seafood; and much more. 23
June 30, 2025
A Music Festival Is Coming to the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club
Plus: Two new boutiques selling women's apparel; Mācher‘s Linden Square shop opens this week; another development site in the Haley Street Corridor?; the state of the Tesla chargers at the Miramar resort; new local streaming radio station; awkward typography on the San Ysidro Road off-ramp sign; ZZ Top to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; pronouncing "jacaranda." 16
June 25, 2025
Lama Dog Is Opening a Cocktail Bar Called The Mullet
More food news: First impressions of Corazón Cocina Sur at Linden Square; The Nugget's Carpinteria outpost should open next week; has Wylde Works closed?; tickets to Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley; the menu for Marisella at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; soliciting frozen pizza recommendations. 14
June 17, 2025
June 15, 2025
New Tenant for RH’s Former Store on State Street
Plus: Children's club opening in Summerland; Linden Square yoga and Pilates studio debuts next week; Santa Barbara Nissan is no longer; Pete Yorn in concert; another Santa Barbara Bowl show announced; big few weeks for Highway 101 construction; a second Ikat and Pearls shop in Ventura. 7
May 22, 2025
First Look at Linden Square, Now Open in Carpinteria
For all its small-town charm, Carpinteria has lacked a center, but no longer: Linden Square is open, and it feels great. The primary tenants are a murderer's row of Santa Barbara restaurants: Bettina, Third Window, Corazón Cocina, and eventually, Dart Coffee Co. 21
May 21, 2025
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
Burning Questions
- What Are Those Old Buildings at the Corner of Castillo and Montecito Streets?
- When Will the Coast Village Road Medians Be Completed?
- What’s This Scaffold Structure on Las Positas Road?
- Why Does Street Striping Take So Long to Happen?
- Why Do Rocket Launches Look the Way They Do?
- How Is the San Ysidro Debris Basin Designed to Work?
- What’s This Building on Helena Avenue?
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