COMMENT 328814P
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2012-10-07 10:03 AM |
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Dear EDhatters, just a few corrections.
I never played at the Harbor restaurant. Through the years people have placed me at the San Ysidro Ranch (Tomaz Glinski), The Reindeer Room (Rickie Esteban) and the Miramar.
I did play at the Santa Barbara Biltmore and the Coral Casino for special events.
Most of my years in Montecito were at the Somerset Restaurant, the Olive Mill Bistro (a co-owner), and later at the Cafe Del Sol. I am honored that people still remember those wonderful days.
Incidentally, the Marco Polo Restaurant opened about 1963 or 1964. My memory is not what it used to be but I started at the Somerset in Sept. of 1961 and the Marco Polo opened 2 or 3 years later. The owner of the Marco Polo (Jim Porter, not to be confused with Ken Porter, who later opened the Porterhouse next to the present Cafe Del Sol) tried to woo me away from the Somerset but I was very happy where I was. Gil Rosas
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COMMENT 325831
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2012-09-29 11:02 AM |
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When it was the Marco Polo they had a trio that included long time clothing salesman (Silverwoods,Gammils etc.), my stepdad, who worked nights as a drummer there. When it became the Olive Mill Bistro they had Gil Rosas at the Piano Bar. He came there from the old Harbor restaurant which had a beautiful Piano Bar, that unfortunately burned down when the whole place went up in flames one night. ( it had a marvelous nautical theme and looked nothing like the new Harbor) Then Gil went to the Summerset which also had a piano bar. My mother Patricia Munda (known by all as Patty) was a cocktail witress at the Summersette and then moved to the Olive Mill Bistro when Gil did. She served drinks in the lounge there for years. The Summerset, just down Coast Village Road from there, was owned by the same brothers that ran the El Paseo Restaurant.
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FLICKA
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2012-09-29 10:21 AM |
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Thanks for the pictures! I don't know if those are gas pumps; however, in the 1950s there was a gas station just east of the Inn, we filled our bike tires w/air there. When the highway was changed to a freeway, mid-50s, it was removed. The main part of the station was taken to Stearns Wharf and became Moby Dicks resturant.
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COMMENT 325781P
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2012-09-29 09:48 AM |
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Sure looks like those skinny old gas pumps. There's even an attendant standing there. They enlarged the windows, added that wraparound bit to the front below the tower. Otherwise it looks unchanged.
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COMMENT 325727
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2012-09-29 07:31 AM |
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Guilty as charged 325717... Photos and memories like these can be seen at the Montecito Association History Committee archives in the Montecito Library in the upper village on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10AM to 2PM. We can scan and return any old photos of the area that you would like to share. Archive Guy
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COMMENT 325717
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2012-09-29 07:07 AM |
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I bet some Guy took that shot...
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COMMENT 325642
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2012-09-28 08:22 PM |
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Lovely Jane Russell regularly came to the Inn spa in her later years, hair wrapped in a big white towel turban.
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SBJULES
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2012-09-28 06:38 PM |
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It looks like Gas pumps. I've lived in the area for ages, but only remember the gas station across the street.
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COMMENT 325582
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2012-09-28 06:17 PM |
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Pleasantville?
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COMMENT 325574
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2012-09-28 05:32 PM |
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SBRocks - Gil Rojas?
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SBROCKS
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2012-09-28 04:16 PM |
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I went there on my 21st Bday with my Dad. He loved the piano bar. Can't remember the piano players name, but he played all over town.
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COMMENT 325515
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2012-09-28 03:50 PM |
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Are those gas pumps front left?
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COMMENT 325481
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2012-09-28 03:19 PM |
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Almost a perfect reconstruction but for the optics and the lighting (time of day). Good effort. It reminds me of a photographer's work I saw recently where his present day shots are so perfectly matched to the historical photos he is able to blend the past and present together in one image seamlessly. Great fun.
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COMMENT 325400
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2012-09-28 01:15 PM |
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The "Marco Polo" restaurant was there in the 1950s. I remember (at age six?) being excited whenever we go to "go out," and eat the lobster soup.
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COMMENT 325398
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2012-09-28 01:14 PM |
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Great historical shot. Thanks for posting. Damn camera phones,can't really see anything in the second shot.
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