Tag: Montecito Country Mart

July 23, 2024

Is Even More High-End Retail Coming to Montecito?

Plus: British fashion brand Sunspel is opening in the Montecito Country Mart; Zegna debuted at the Miramar; Highway 154 update; Summerland block party; Clairo to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; Lotusland at night.

July 15, 2024

First Look at Jeff Shelton’s Revamp of the State Street Undercrossing

Plus: Highway 101 median decoration; Quonset hut to become a 41-bed hostel; Emily Joubert has opened at the Montecito Country Mart; Westward General closed in preparation for a move; the return of Bossie the cow; West Mesa white elephant update; is anything being done about illegal fireworks? 7

June 16, 2024

Santa Claus Lane Is Getting a Year-Round Christmas Shop

Plus: James Perse's shop at the Montecito Country Mart has closed; "What the Constitution Means to Me" is coming to town; volunteer for the Summer Solstice Celebration; Eric Idle and Aimee Mann at the Lobero Theatre; the Music Academy of the West changed its name back; Soul Care Studio + Sauna is open on Anacapa Street. 1

December 13, 2023

The Biltmore Got Slapped With a Stop-Work Order

Plus: New tenant at State and N. La Cumbre in San Roque; Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Indigo Girls, and Amos Lee to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; James Perse rumor; a peek inside Mate Gallery's forthcoming shop; the Hilton's colored lights. 8

December 7, 2023

Emily Joubert Is Opening at the Montecito Country Mart

Plus: Domecíl has moved into its new space; Palma Colectiva's retail shop debuts tomorrow; Highway 101 onramp reopening; Pilates studio has new owner and name; photographer Broc Ellinger opened a State Street gallery; Festival of Holiday Toy Trains at Goleta Valley Library; Plaza Rubio homeowner wants to build a backyard skate ramp; three noteworthy recent comments. 6

December 3, 2023

A Wave of Change Is Headed for Montecito

The status quo long reigned in Montecito, for better and for worse. Then the pandemic inspired an influx of affluent new residents, and now an extraordinary amount of change—including ten new restaurants and dozens of shops—is following in their wake. 16

October 6, 2023

The Miramar Resort Wants to Add 15 Apartments and 12 More Shops

Plus: A menswear store is coming to the Montecito Country Mart; interior design firm opening shop/studio on State Street; Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum building is on the market; distinctive Funk Zone building for sale; Neal Feay's fabulous London project revealed. 4

September 10, 2023

Uptown Lounge Appears to Have Closed

More food news: The new tenants of the former Fresco Cafe space on E. Canon Perdido; Crumbl Cookies opening date; 1114 Sports Bar & Arcade is now Pizza Mizza; Oat Bakery's Montecito outpost has been confirmed; Rodeo Room now has an outdoor event space; Donnachadh Vineyard is opening a tasting room in Los Olivos. 13

July 27, 2023

Mate Gallery Is Tripling in Size

Plus: Bungalo805 is making a pivot toward childcare; Biltmore scuttlebutt; photos of Bellosguardo's beach house and cabanas; update on the Montecito Water District's smart meters; the Steward hotel has opened in Goleta. 8

April 6, 2023

A New Chapter for the Sacred Space in Summerland

Plus: No nonstop flights between Santa Barbara and Chicago this summer; update on the Santa Ynez Valley zipline park; Goop rumored to be expanding in Montecito; office building/chapel on Chapala sells; story poles are up for the 250-room hotel in the Funk Zone; Robert Cray Band to play the Lobero; answer to last week's "Where in Santa Barbara...?" 2