August 13, 2025
Tag: Tina’s Pizza
Sama Sama Kitchen to Share Its Space With a Tasting Room
More food news: The chicken parm sandwich at Tina's; weekend breakfast at The Win-Dow; the Santa Barbara Greek Festival is this weekend; Ospi's short dining window; Ventura's Limon y Sal has closed after 10 years; the Museum of Natural History’s annual Mission Creek Beer Festival. 4
June 4, 2025
Korean-Inspired Food Coming to the Santa Barbara Public Market
More food news: Carpinteria's IHOP is closing; two scrumptious new sandwiches at Tina's Pizza; clarification on Ospi parking; weekend brunch at Validation Ale in the Funk Zone; eco-promotion at Dune Coffee Roasters; Pascucci has moved further up State Street; Drover’s Doughnuts has a new shop in Solvang and a Goleta one in the oven; Ventura's Pinyon outpost is on the verge of opening; Vices & Spices profile; cool kids' party with Silvers Omakase, Bibi Ji, Creaminal, and Randy's Spammy's. 3
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 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
May 7, 2025
Opening Date for Tina’s Pizza, the Bettina Spinoff in Carpinteria
More food news: Rozzi Pizza soft-opens this week in West Beach; Blaze Pizza has closed; profile of Marley Confections; the Starbucks on Milpas has opened; the forecast changed for Little Mountain; update on Hotel El Roblar and new restaurants coming to Ojai. 15
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?
Recent Comments
The owners of the Harbor restaurant should be ashamed of themselves. They made some bad decisions and should not have gotten involved in the restaurant… — Roy
4347 Marina Dr selling for $1000 sq ft seems off. There had to be something funky going on. — Pete
The owner of the Harbor Restaurant is not only a real estate agent he’s also a real estate attorney. Is he really trying to tell… — FoodieSB
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Just went to the Copper Coffee Pot today and the Caserta Pizza was just as good as when it was L’Antica. Yay! — ElizabethW
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