Agree ……the cinnamon raisin bread in Oat Bakery is good. I’d like to add pecans rather than walnuts though. Pain D’avignon in Chatham MA has one like that. It’s amazing! Also ….. trying to score bread at Oat Bakery before Cmas was an huge ordeal. Ran out in Goleta, and Montecito …. huge lines in town.
Birthday cakes are super from Jeanine’s, especially the Chocolate Heaven !
Thank you Erik I love your newsletter! I’d continue to include ideas for how to improve some of the quirks you call out at properties or restaurants so it’s helpful vs. just negative. Also lots of interesting changes coming to residential permitting process next year could be interesting to include as a profile. Keep up the great work!
Fascinating to get a peek behind the curtain. Thank you for being candid and vulnerable, and for all you do. I speak for many others when I say this site is Santa Barbara culture core. It feels both necessary and like a decadent treat. Can’t wait to see where you go from here.
Siteline is our “go to” for all things interesting happening in town. We love your commentary as well. Keep up the great work Erik!!
The wine cake at Pierre Lafond is sublime.
I absolutely agree with this and thank you, Ken, for 'saying' it...and thank you, Erik, for all of the work! We do realize that it's extremely labor-intensive.
Makes a great babka which is a coffee cake to me… https://www.doughbydoug.com/
You can order online and he’s at: at DEUX Bakery 824 Reddick Street.
Love the website and newsletter. Thanks for all you do. Keep it up!
Keep it up Erik! Happy New Year!
P.s. let me know if you find out how to keep everyone happy . . .
Nobody can get thru a month (if that long) without disappointing people. People's expectations are unrealistic, and often unwarranted.
The site is great, thanks for doing it.
Number 1 story is Ellen and her wifie dumping the US because of TDS? HAHAHAHAHA! Please post the current Ellen photo of her 3 stooges Moe cut- I dare you!
I agree Rich. I’ve found out about so many great dishes at restaurants that Erik has highlighted. If you don’t enjoy a restaurant, just don’t review it. Little Mountain and Tamar are my new faves thanks to hearing about them on this site.
Please keep doing your restaurant reviews! I suppose you could just not cover the bad experiences, so it becomes more about highlighting great places to eat locally than "reviewing" per se.
Exactly, Producing here is far more environmentally friendly (as a whole) than just importing your energy from somewhere else (tankers from international sources).
Do you mean that you prefer to produce in an environment that you don't live in? one that has no oversight and will with no doubt be produced with less safety and environmental oversight, so it will pollute more and kill more wildlife and people, but since it's not in your backyard, it doesn't matter? that is a narrow view of the world and definitely not better for the planet.
Not the case here. Even in this small discussion forum, it's important not to exist inside an echo chamber. You have an opinion and that's great, but to call others right wing hawks and fanatics isn't fair. We just have a different opinion than you.
Right on!
I agree. It got a bit ‘ funky’ when the stuffed ones were sodden and falling apart. Carry on 🐸🐸
Not especially surprised that my favorite watering spots aren't on the Happy Hour site, but then again, they don't need to promote themselves?
Bring back the Lobster House
I lived in the neighborhood for 53 years and remember taking a book down there and sitting on the stone bench. Occasionally someone would put flowers in the nook and it was a lovely place for reflection. Then the “frogers” started and the publicity started and it became a complete mess. I remember going down there with a garbage can and pulled out the soggy wet frogs and paper notes and cleaned it up but alas publicity continued to make it a real mess. Frog Shrine? No, never. Just silly people continuing to mess up a lovely simple place to sit and read.
its loves towing driveway on haley st
I make the coffee cake for Old Town Coffee, and can make for a group 😊 Check me out on Instagram Messy the Baker
The staff at Bluewater Grill stood out for their attentiveness and laid back charm.
