September 15, 2022
Other recent news: The plan to turn the Palms in Carpinteria into a hotel has fallen through; cannabis farms accused of improperly drawing water from the Santa Ynez River; Patagonia's founder is donating the company to charity; new beach structure underway at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara; mall storefronts being used as gallery spaces; the history of a house on Garcia Road.
August 28, 2022
And the bar/restaurant on the ground floor will be operated by Good Lion Hospitality. 3
January 19, 2022
More food news: The who, where, and what regarding We Want the Funk; Sama Sama Kitchen is now serving lunch; Loca Vivant Kitchen will continue to operate; Lighthouse Coffee is opening a third outpost; Carpinteria Avenue coffeehouse in the works; might the Dutch Garden reopen soon?; Dutchess bakery delayed; a relic of the past at Jeannine's.
April 11, 2021
According to the plans submitted to the Historic Landmarks Commission, the property will have a basement lounge, a ground-floor restaurant and bar, and a roof deck atop the new third floor. 1
January 21, 2020
More food news: Tyger Tyger's interesting dinner specials; the Carpinteria outpost of Little Dom's appears to be delayed; Lab Social's fancy new ice; Sumo oranges at the farmer's market.
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La Arcada. Myron Hunt, architect — Jennifer Miller
I have never been — and fully appreciate your travel journal. What an enjoyable read of morning coffee. I admire the details and approach you… — ES Corchero
Terrific story on Phoenix Enjoyed your report a lot — Bill
In La Arcada — Alicia Bair
I can’t believe a pug growled at you. The cool thing about solo travel is that you get complete agenda control. Sounds like the type… — Nicolas
Since in many cases, on many sites, it is unaffordable to even build unaffordable ('market') housing, how could it be affordable for a developer to… — John
Regarding the apartment building on Milpas/Gutierrez, it’s a monstrosity that will be a blight on the community for decades to come if the people don’t… — ElizabethW
…couldn’t agree with you more. I’ve even made the drive to SB specifically to shop TCP when I temporarily relocated to a city south of… — Lisa L.
Every time you discourage apartment owners, you encourage hotel-building. A simple grasp of opportunity cost would teach the city council that their actions do not… — JC
It's amazing how city council constantly talks about affordable housing being our number one priority, then nearly every piece of legislation they approve will either… — Jefferson A.