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El Encanto Sign
updated: Feb 16, 2013, 11:05 AM

By Edhat Subscriber

Does anyone know what happened to the new El Encanto sign? It was up for about a minute the other day and now the old sign with the graffiti is back..

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COMMENT 375036P	2013-02-16 11:15 AM
I care - El Encanto, even if I won't be able to afford it, will enhance our city. Am curious why there's been very little information about the progress or opening of this hotel. Also, details about the new improvements.
COMMENT 375037	2013-02-16 11:19 AM
I care too. Love the El Encanto. Welcome back!
COMMENT 375041P	2013-02-16 11:26 AM
I care too. Loved that restaurant. Great place to take visitors. Can't wait for it to open again.
COMMENT 375044	2013-02-16 11:28 AM
It's almost like it is a private company that makes its own decisions. So rude!
COMMENT 375045	2013-02-16 11:28 AM
Friday Happy Hr was the Best in town.....Million Dollar view
COMMENT 375047	2013-02-16 11:31 AM
Actually its a 90 million dollar view. To be exact...
COMMENT 375048P	2013-02-16 11:31 AM
Do you mean the sign by the Mission, or the neon sign in front of the hotel?
COMMENT 375051	2013-02-16 11:54 AM
044 LOL
COMMENT 375055	2013-02-16 12:14 PM
I could care less. I know where it is and what it is. Maybe the sign is out for restoration?? What I do care about is whether or not they will serve a good Sunday breakfast with a view like they had before. I spent many Sunday's up there with an omelet, coffee and good friends.
ROGER DODGER	2013-02-16 12:28 PM
Maybe it's in the Land Fill..
COMMENT 375069	2013-02-16 12:44 PM
I think you answered your own question. Why leave a pristine sign to get tagged when you can hang the old junk out there for a month until the opening. Business people are much smarter than our local leaders and know that this town is not as safe as it is sold to them, so why risk your expensive new sign more than necessary.
COMMENT 375073	2013-02-16 12:53 PM
I hope the sign is in a place where the tourists can see it. That's not exactly an easy place to find if you aren't familiar with the area. I personally don't care for the location, I feel like I am in a private neighborhood, which I am, and away from the beach and town where most tourists prefer to be. It will be interesting to see what their hotel rates are going to be.
COMMENT 375077	2013-02-16 01:02 PM
El Encano starts at $375 compared to Biltmore at $475 and San Ysidro Ranch at $675. Can get a little cheaper rate at the Ranch midweek.
COMMENT 375080P	2013-02-16 01:05 PM
060P-LOL
COMMENT 375101	2013-02-16 01:54 PM
Actually @060P, I just got home from a 40 mile bike ride along the coast along with 5 other cyclists. Now I am going to hike Cold Springs and pick up trash as I go. All so I can enjoy a nice relaxing Sunday breakfast... work hard, relax hard.
COMMENT 375105P	2013-02-16 02:06 PM
073, the beach and town where most tourists prefer to be? I would say that is an oversimplified generalization. Many people now who travel--not all "tourists" in the sense you mean--want an out of the way, private, discrete neighborhood feel to their accommodations. Thus the success of VRBO and sites like it. Many folks like to get the feel of a community away from the souvenir t-shirts, noise, crowds, and in the case of our town, homeless people who harass them.
COMMENT 375150	2013-02-16 04:31 PM
105P So true, we only stay in hotels when we can't get a VRBO or if it's only a day or two. Having said that most people would probably only stay at El Encanto for a day or two but they are people that would also stay at San Ysidro Ranch and if you look at the price point I listed previosly I'm guessing El Encanto will do just fine.
COMMENT 375184P	2013-02-16 06:28 PM
What a shame if someone already vandalized the new sign. I think there should be a vigilante volunteer group of insomniacs that patrol in the wee hours of the morning. I bet these non-sleepers could help by calling in a lot of nefarious activity.
COMMENT 375201	2013-02-16 07:37 PM
My guess would be that they forgot to get a sign permit, someone at the city noticed and told them to rectify the situation.
UPONTHEHILL	2013-02-17 08:33 AM
If memory serves me (and sometimes it fails) I think the city required or at least requested that the old signs be kept. They are considered historical.
COMMENT 375325	2013-02-17 08:50 AM
They are revitalizing the sign, since El Encanto should be reopening in March.....
COMMENT 375330	2013-02-17 08:57 AM
I live in the neighborhood and love the old signs. I also love going to the El Encanto for breakfast at around 7:30 a.m. on a weekend morning. I had the place, and the views, to myself.....
SBALAX	2013-02-17 09:41 AM
If you mean the sign at the APS "Y" there was a team of men working on it this week and it was lit on Friday when I came home. It was nice to see it "back". There is still graffiti on it and it could use a coat of paint but I'm sure that will come. As members of the Riviera Association we got an "invitation" to a pre- opening cocktail party on March 15th. The only kicker is that it's $30.00 per couple. After the years of construction trucks racing up and down APS right past our house (Yes, I know there ARE other projects.) I'd have thought they would have comped us or, at least, have made this a charity event. I checked rates and found them to be closer to $500 to $1,000 a night.
CATNET4	2013-02-17 10:14 AM
Actually the cost is $30 PP, and the checks go to the Riviera Asso...wouldn't miss it!!
COMMENT 375371	2013-02-17 10:21 AM
CATNET - how do we get an invite :o)
BELATRIX	2013-02-17 11:02 AM
I can't wait til it opens and March would be perfect! Had my wedding brunch there in March of '93 and would love to go back for an anniversary cocktail.
SBALAX	2013-02-17 04:01 PM
CATNET4-- Right you are. I just re-read the invitation. I would have been nice if it were made clearer that this is a benefit for the Riviera Association. The invitation says that the host is the El Encanto which would lead one to believe that the $30.00pp is going to them through the Association. My thought was that the hotel might host an open house for neighbors. We were, on at least three occasions, offered lunch downtown when they were going through the various permitting processes.
CORKY	2013-02-18 07:51 PM
Supposed to open in March.
COMMENT 377276	2013-02-21 06:41 PM
El Encanto's new signage was fitted and sized and it will be ready for installation in a few weeks. We are looking forward to unveiling it to our community. Laura McIver, General Manager, El Encanto

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