Here’s a complete guide on which offices, stores, and restaurants will be open on Christmas and which ones will be closed.

As 2025 comes to a close, Santa Barbara’s dining scene reflects the changes with the arrival of new restaurants.

Santa Barbara’s flourishing food and beverage scene reached new heights in 2025. Although this affluent beach town is best known for its idyllic charm, scenic mountain-meets-ocean landscape and many ...

Downtown Santa Barbara will get a little bit sweeter on Saturday.  Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream is finally opening its ...

Most of Mitchell Sjerven’s crystal ball was remarkably clear a quarter-century ago, when he opened bouchon as one of the first restaurants in America, perhaps the first outside of Napa Valley, to ...

Five years ago, Santa Barbara hosted its first-ever Vegan Chef Challenge, a nationwide initiative founded by the nonprofit organization Vegan Outreach that aims to cultivate enthusiasm for vegan food ...

Attorney John Thyne and his wife Olesya didn't mean to get into the restaurant business, but Thyne decided to step in and ...

The laid-back wine region is more attractive than ever as its first luxury resort, Auberge’s The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, opens and local restaurants earn Michelin guide distinctions. By Elycia Rubin ...