Reader Larry N. tells me that Mollie Ahlstrand, namesake founder of now-departed restaurants Trattoria Mollie in Montecito (Oprah’s favorite) and Mollie’s on State Street, is opening an Italian market/deli near the World’s Safest Beach:

FYI,
Mollie Ahlstrand spoke at the Alcazar Theater this evening in a program about women chefs – for Women Making Change – and she announced that she signed a lease in Carpinteria yesterday to have an Italian market/deli in Shepherd’s Place Shops.
Best,
Larry

Photo by reader Larry M.