Tag: The Post

June 10, 2025

More on the Proposed Apartment Complex Behind the Mission

Plus: Repair of the Butterfly Beach steps; anti-Trump protest on Saturday; new shop and a relocation at Victoria Court; two new shops at The Post; this year's One805 Live! headliner; two more return appearances at the Santa Barbara Bowl; Opera Santa Barbara‘s 2025-26 season; is More Mesa at increased risk of development? 40

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

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

April 1, 2025

Marisa Mason Is Moving to Montecito

Plus: Spikeball classes; tickets to the Music Academy of the West‘s summer festival; Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; free gardening advice; Colin Campbell Cooper, Leon Dabo, and Lockwood De Forest at Sullivan & Goss; "next-level circus" coming to the Lobero Theatre; a good source for breaking news? 10

March 3, 2025

The Post Announced Three More Tenants

Plus: The best look yet at the 443-unit complex replacing Sears at La Cumbre Plaza; Cold Spring bridge update; My Morning Jacket to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; new coffee table book about Santa Barbara homes; Goleta movie theater for lease; hair salon leaves Coast Village Road; the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show is coming up; reminders of constitutional rights. 7

March 2, 2025

First Impressions of Mother Dough Bagels

More food news: Savoy Cafe is under new ownership; Alma Fonda Fina has started serving breakfast; Pascucci found a new home; Goodland BBQ is for sale; the Santa Barbara Secret Supper Club; profiles of Zaca Coffee and Loubud Wines; Elubia’s Kitchen has opened in Isla Vista; Ventura-based sandwich pop-up; a better look at Takashi Ramen's menu. 5

February 24, 2025

Two More Shops Have Opened at The Post

Plus: A new show of work by Hank Pitcher; three retail moves on State Street; update on the housing development near the polo fields; Mary Chapin Carpenter and Brandy Clark to play the Lobero Theatre; Father John Misty, Lucinda Williams, and Mt. Joy at the Santa Barbara Bowl; swing dancing at the Carrillo Ballroom; new picture book about local nature.

January 21, 2025

How Should UCSB Use This Big State Street Storefront?

Plus: Where to comment about the proposed increase in space launches; visits to two new shops at The Post; a giant troll of upcycled materials is being built in the Santa Ynez Valley; Solvang hotel changed its name; Goleta homeowners want to build a meeting facility.

January 15, 2025

King Kong Comes to Montecito

Plus: The Talbots store at La Cumbre Plaza is closing; Khruangbin returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl; Gillian Welch and David Rawlings to play the Granada Theatre; a short stone wall on the Eastside; tree maintenance to affect two major streets; when license plate recognition fails.

December 17, 2024

What’s Planned for the Sears Lot at La Cumbre Plaza

Plus: Should this 1923 Craftsman house be demolished?; Milpas Street car wash to be sacrificed for redevelopment; 15 apartments and no parking proposed for the Carzoid auto dealership on Chapala; former Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce building to be converted to residential; two more shops have debuted at The Post; new Pilates Reformer studio in the Funk Zone. 13