FAVORITE THINGS
This holiday season, let’s make an effort to spend our money here—because if we want wonderful independent shops, we need to support them. Besides, it’s fun! In Part 1 of the 2025 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Domecíl, The Daisy, Chicken Little, Italian Pottery Outlet, and Art Essentials.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• The argument against the Paseo Nuevo deal (and the Nordstrom land is now excluded from the proposal).
••• SBIFF’s downtown multiplex got named (above).
••• Zoe Bikini to close.
••• New fees and requirements possible for Santa Barbara massage therapists.
••• Adaptive reuse of an old airport hangar and two Quonset huts.
••• An update from Edhat.
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Having only ever gone to Santa Ynez for a meal and maybe a brief stroll, I dragooned my husband into spending a night there. The 24-hour trip felt like much longer, in the best possible way.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it in the comments.
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Recent Comments
You've done a great thing for the hapless men of Santa Barbara with this series. Stopping by half of these stores. — Andy
The post office renaming will cost roughly $500,000 paid for by the USPS internal funds from stamps and fees. — Derek
Thank you, Erik, for reminding your readers to support local businesses; it is one of the critical ways to help our communities thrive. (I laughed… — Pat
I agree about the skimpy wine pour. However, we loved the shared entrees (chicken and salmon) with their special rice. Yes there were leftovers but… — ElizabethW
That 5% would go to all employees proportionate to their hours I would presume compared to tips where more skilled staff take a higher percentage,… — Don
Geo , you know absolutely nothing about the restaurant business. — Roy
What if, and bear with me here because this is complicated, restaurants just paid their staff normally and charged prices that reflected those expenses, i.e.… — Rich
Little Mountain just isn’t organized. Everyone is very nice and the atmosphere stylish, but there is something wrong with it. The food is weird, portions… — Joan
I intensely to test Sur charges for the cost of doing business. Will they give back 5% profits to the patrons when they do extremely… — Geo
Just call it "The Copper" — Bob