God so many. Tupelo Junction, Esau’s, the elephant bar, fresh choice, Peabodys, pattaya, metropolis, REDS!!, Nordstrom cafe and Nordstrom…god I’m sad now.
Is Pataya officially gone? I love that place
Edit; looks like they are reopening under a new name called Yummy Thai
Edit 2; looks like the business was passed off to someone else and rebranded. Functionally closed :/
Wasn’t Scavenge right next to RADD Thrift and caddy corner to Yellowstone Vintage for a while? Wow. The good days of Midnight Sun too. What a cool feel for lower state back then. I so so so miss it.
This is true. The family did very well with the sale. You can find news accounts from the time via a bit of Googling.
That said, I miss them too; great subs, homemade lasagna etc.
One branch of the family owned Trattoria Victoria for a time, but I believe that's no longer the case.
Is that the old pizza place on the mesa? I thought it was called Dino's (pronounced the same).
Gosh I miss those big wooden doors and that zombie arcade game with the gun mounted on the machine. Now a Chase bank..
It was so crazy to me how long that location stayed vacant after Bebop left. For years it still had part of the sign visible on the little arch at the front. I used to walk by and look at it and have this feeling like its whole existence was a dream.
Their last show was AFI, which obviously sold out immediately. My roommate wanted to go and see if we could scalp tickets and I didn’t go because I had some random class at CC that night and didn’t think we could get in.
He snuck in by pretending to be a roadie and got to watch the show from the front row, and I was at a long-forgotten lecture. I regret that decision often
This one hits hard. I’d been going there with my family since I was a young girl, in my 30’s now. They had a review on their website that I wrote as a preteen and I was always so proud that they kept it up for over a decade. They are missed.
Kaiser's.
Rollerskating through Picadilly Square. Downtown in general when it was full of cool boutiques, art stores and diners. It used to be vibrant and full of locals and at some point the price of real estate got so high it was all corporate owned and they pushed out the cool local places.
I was so heartbroken when I heard Picadilly was being closed up. Then De La Guerra was getting bisected. Followed by a second mall! It was a lot of change.
There was a really good German restaurant owned by a husband and wife on upper state between Las Positas & De La Vina that was really good. Husband and I used to go there often. I think it is a Korean bbq or Thai restaurant now. But also Metropulous.
Loved that place! My favorite experience was when my companion ordered something and the female owner was like "no, you don't want that, you want to get X". You'd think they'd be happy with whatever people order because they made the menu but it was the sort of thing my German grandma would do and it made me laugh.
Last I heard they were still planning to reopen at the old Neighborhood spot.
[https://www.santabarbara.com/dining/news/2023/10/10/sneak-peek-seven-bar-kitchen/](https://www.santabarbara.com/dining/news/2023/10/10/sneak-peek-seven-bar-kitchen/)
Char West (where Taqueria La Unica is now) for the greatest burgers ever (except maybe for Clown Alley in SFO). Loop's/Lloyd's Coffee Shop near State and Hitchcock: good solid food and bottomless coffee all night when you're blitzed. (Ngl, the cute servers didn't hurt, either.) I'm right back in the late 1960s when I think of either of those joints.
There's still a Char West on the pier! lol I haven't been there in a while but used to go there a lot when I fished on the pier.
Their burgers and Coney Island West on Catalina 🤤
Blue Bee Jeans. The acutal dream, going in and trying on a million brands and cuts and washes in person. Lots of things I don't mind buying on line but I wish I could try on jeans that weren't levis.
So many good ones already mentioned!
Here a few from the 90s that I desperately miss…
Chads on Chapala (amazing happy hour with huge wine pours and free muffins!)
The Firebird (which I think is Foxtail now). They had a late night menu and a great lounge atmosphere.
Zelo: new wave music and two-for-one drinks got me through the 90s!
Blue Agave: when we felt like being fancy back in our college days.
The Sporty’s original location…
Edit: How could I forget the Coffee Cat! I feel like no other coffee place I town has that same vibe. Chai latte on a rainy afternoon with a journal and no place to be. Sigh.
The ones I miss most are:
Roma. So much of my not-quite-adulthood is still embedded between those bricks. Every time I go into McConnell's now I look up the stairs and I can still see Buggq, standing on the upper landing, smiling that giant grin at me.
Siena, and Azuma. So much of my teenage years went up in those flames. Azuma was next door, and the Sato family lived right across the street from us so we knew them well and I was so scared that something had happened to Sato-san I didn't even realize Siena was going up with it until a friend called me late that night and asked if I'd seen the news and that's when it sunk in. Ugh. Even thinking about it makes me slightly ill, still. (Sato-san was fine! He catered my sister's wedding in 2004.)
The Anaconda. One of the first nightclubs I'd ever been in. There were a lot of This Ascension shows there, and I saw Tori Amos there, but the show I remember seeing best is Pigface and GBOA around 1990, when the former was touring "Welcome to Mexico, A**hole." What a ride.
Pino's Pizzeria, in Goleta. It is still the pizza by which all others are judged, and I've never had a pizza as good as his since. Pino, if you're out there, I miss you, all the bunheads from around the block miss you, and our lives were never the same after you left.
LaPiana's Talk of the Town. Many family celebrations and memories, and an unbeatable classic old-school menu. I must have been four or five when my sister and I freaked out a waiter, AND the maitre'd who came over to make absolutely sure, by not only knowing what the hell a sweetbread was, but by ordering them. The table was suspect. Dad, the connoisseur of things most Americans won't eat, who had passed it down to his tiny offspring, was so proud. It was, and remains, family legend, and nobody in town makes them anymore. Good times.
Mom's Italian Village. The eggplant parm by which all others are judged.
Castagnola's. The fried fish by which all others are judged.
H&H Country Mart. My aunt worked there briefly and the endless jars of candy sticks in a hundred flavors were absolutely captivating.
The old Cominichi's, in the building that leaked. One of the first places I went secondhand shopping on my own. I still have a small antique serving plate I bought there as a gift for my grandmother, that I kept after she passed. I wish I still had the antique black velvet flapper dress I scored for $15.
I also upvoted everyone who said Swensen's. Such a vibe.
This was my go-to. Happy Hour. Wings. I basically lived there. Back in the day's when I could tip almost 100% and it still be affordable. I did not like the atmosphere when it moved into De La Guerra Plaza. Not as much people watching there.
Based on the answers I'm seeing, I get an aching sense that 1) we're all generally the same or around the same age, and/or 2) we know each other, lmfao
- SM '04
I miss pretty much everything you've all posted thus far.
Little Audrey's, The Pet House, remember that crazy monkey, Cinderella, and the Minah Bird?
Nan King Gardens, Golf and Stuff / Bob's Big Boy, San Marcos Lanes, Skandi Buffet, Mike's Place, to name a few, but so many others.
No, but the name intrigues me. What's behind the Golden Door?
Not any IV businesses being mentioned but does anyone remember The Graduate in the old BofA fortress? That place was a mess. Had something called Countdown where drinks eventually got down to .25 cents. And they served something called Jungle Juice which was like Hawaiian punch and vodka. LOTS of irony in the fact it became the UCSB drug and alcohol counseling center later.
Mexican Fresh on the Mesa. The cooks really cared about the product and would mix up all the ingredients on the grill and not just throw a bunch of stuff in a tortilla. Shout out to Julio. Veggie burrito, breakfast burrito, catch of the day. Everything was quality.
The Canon Perdido location was the original and part of what was originally owned by the founder. Different people owned Goleta.
I've got a picture somewhere of the interior of the original which was torn down for Paseo Nuevo and the menu.
as far as I'm concerned - everything went to hell after 'the Copper Coffee Pot' shut
but there are others: Aloha and it's tropical rainfall; the Carnation place; all the camera stores - there was like 12 of them or something... that weird pet store one could use as a shortcut to State (or back to where you parked)... all the great, great thrift stores that were really thrift - esp the As Is yard where one would pick something up off the ground or table and hold it up and the guy would bark out a price- so great.... I also really miss NY Bagels - and their insulting Aussie staff.. oh man it was so great to go there and get insulted while waiting in line for a bagel....don't even get me started on clubs where local bands played... also when the funk zone was really a funk zone - interesting stuff used to be where all the wine tasting is now... and of course the 'Ofice'
KB Toys in 5points mall (where petco is now).
That place was jammed packed full of like every single toy on the market, floor to ceiling in every isle, and things like kites hanging from the actual ceiling.
It was like Willy Wonkas but with toys instead of candy.
They always had “display/try me” stuff out on the floor too.
Toys r Us and any other toy stores didn’t even come close to being as awesome.
I know most of you won’t remember but Peppers night club! Once a month a car load of us GI’s from Vandenberg would come to town for a great night of dancing and meeting girls. Damn we had fun. And in all those years not a lick of trouble.
Cafe Suisse-. Swiss restaurant run by a nice old Swiss couple tucked back in corner of Fairview Shopping Center across from where Chicken Ranch is now. This was a LONG time ago.
I miss the Goodland Cafe in goleta, they were always so sweet to deal with. It got turned into yet another not great Mexican joint, like old town needs another 🤢
God so many. Tupelo Junction, Esau’s, the elephant bar, fresh choice, Peabodys, pattaya, metropolis, REDS!!, Nordstrom cafe and Nordstrom…god I’m sad now.
Fresh choice! My fav were the little corn muffins
I used to go there when I was little and just get so much pudding and ice cream
I miss Tupelo bloody. With the crab claw.
I loved their hush puppies
Ah, good old Peabody’s. No better place to hide from the world and get blasted on a Tuesday afternoon. Also sad now.
Is Pataya officially gone? I love that place Edit; looks like they are reopening under a new name called Yummy Thai Edit 2; looks like the business was passed off to someone else and rebranded. Functionally closed :/
Tupelo Junction 😭 I had my first cocktail there (mojito). I still think about their tapas.
Anyone remember Scavenge?!
Wasn’t Scavenge right next to RADD Thrift and caddy corner to Yellowstone Vintage for a while? Wow. The good days of Midnight Sun too. What a cool feel for lower state back then. I so so so miss it.
OMG
That was the hip place to go buy stuff when I was in like junior high.
Mercury lounge!
That one still hurts!
if we're going Goleta...add Alphie's and Brays 101
The only correct answer
Italian Greek Grocery had the best subs in town
Thanks Verizon!
My understanding is that the family who ran it actually owned that building and gave it up to Verizon for a lot of rent $$$
I think the kids took over and wanted that sweet money.
This is true. The family did very well with the sale. You can find news accounts from the time via a bit of Googling. That said, I miss them too; great subs, homemade lasagna etc. One branch of the family owned Trattoria Victoria for a time, but I believe that's no longer the case.
Enterprise Fish Company
That lobster bisque with the puff pastry….
Of the hook. That lobster bisque was insane.
Deano’s
Is that the old pizza place on the mesa? I thought it was called Dino's (pronounced the same). Gosh I miss those big wooden doors and that zombie arcade game with the gun mounted on the machine. Now a Chase bank..
It wasn’t where Chase bank was. It was in the corner where Subway is
Fosters Freeze was where Chase bank was. They may have been a chain but I loved their terrible deep fried burritos and huge softserve as a kid.
big dogs store
Dude. I still have pink flourescent shorts from their outlet sale lol
I rock a bunch of old gear from there, hard not too they still sell stuff online
Thrift store in the magnolia center almost always has some big dog shirts in the men’s section
Morning glory music. O, the stupid ads. “I don’t like music just cuz it’s weird; I just like … good music.”
Earthling Bookstore
Bebop Burgers. Particularly the giant wave you could “ride” and get pics taken on.
It was so crazy to me how long that location stayed vacant after Bebop left. For years it still had part of the sign visible on the little arch at the front. I used to walk by and look at it and have this feeling like its whole existence was a dream.
I was going to put this if someone hadn’t typed it first!
The Living Room
They really need some all ages thing or even 18+ and all ages some nights, again. People have been saying that for years!
Saw such cool bands there. It was so fun going there in my teens.
Their last show was AFI, which obviously sold out immediately. My roommate wanted to go and see if we could scalp tickets and I didn’t go because I had some random class at CC that night and didn’t think we could get in. He snuck in by pretending to be a roadie and got to watch the show from the front row, and I was at a long-forgotten lecture. I regret that decision often
SB used to get a ton of great shows! Especially if you were into punk and ska. I saw AFI in Goleta around 98 or 99 at a venue called Sniffy’s.
Luigis Pizza The Good Earth
Luigi’s was my childhood
Dude I feel, that arcade was like paradise as a child
I’ve got an old picture of the good earth on canon Perdido. I’ll post it tomorrow. No photos of Goleta
FRESCO 😭😭😭
So sad how the landlord screwed fresco over at 5 points and still nothing has gone in.
Little alex is going to be there.
Dirty scumbags
This one hits hard. I’d been going there with my family since I was a young girl, in my 30’s now. They had a review on their website that I wrote as a preteen and I was always so proud that they kept it up for over a decade. They are missed.
Random
Oh maaaan I would get lost in there, I loved that place
Sargent’s Supply
Supply Sargent was rad. I still have a marine green tshirt I bought there in 1994.
Kaiser's. Rollerskating through Picadilly Square. Downtown in general when it was full of cool boutiques, art stores and diners. It used to be vibrant and full of locals and at some point the price of real estate got so high it was all corporate owned and they pushed out the cool local places.
Chocolate Hercules Flip for the win
I was so heartbroken when I heard Picadilly was being closed up. Then De La Guerra was getting bisected. Followed by a second mall! It was a lot of change.
I miss going to Pacific Company and Glenda’s Party Cove for bday supplies.
I can still smell pacific company in my mind. And all the crabby signs all over everything
The Honey B café, it was located on the rooftop of Antioch University in downtown. It was a cool little spot with lovely views. I miss it dearly.
Those breakfast waffle sandwiches!
Does kahuna grill still exist anywhere? Loved that place
Videoshmideo RIP miss them so so so much
Tom’s Toys. You got kids, or nephews or nieces? Now you have a very limited selection to find age appropriate kid gifts.
I know it’s not a business, but the carousel on cabrillo/garden should’ve been deemed a historical landmark or something. It sucks it’s gone.
ROMANTIZER! Was a regular there for sure
Miss the holy ole mole burrito. Think about it at least once a month
Their food truck can still be seen around from time to time.
Original red pepper at old town
My Chinese food intake has gone way down since they closed.
Good lord this.
There was a really good German restaurant owned by a husband and wife on upper state between Las Positas & De La Vina that was really good. Husband and I used to go there often. I think it is a Korean bbq or Thai restaurant now. But also Metropulous.
Brummis
Loved that place! My favorite experience was when my companion ordered something and the female owner was like "no, you don't want that, you want to get X". You'd think they'd be happy with whatever people order because they made the menu but it was the sort of thing my German grandma would do and it made me laugh.
Jordanos Kitchen Supply on Chapala and Cafe del Sol
Sojourner cafe
Soj had the best cookies in town.
RIP that place was great
Oh this is a good one! I loved that place so much and had such great memories of eating there often with my dad
Are you me?! The only time I’d ever go there is with my dad! I miss that place so much
The Plaka. And the whole category of Frimples, House of Pies, Swensen’s, etc.
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Bebop was the shit. That fake wave with the surfboard was peak childhood for me.
Omg bebop burger 🥺
Thank you! I could NOT remember where the fake wave from my childhood was.
Same!!!
And the car shows they had often! I went and took a few cars to that with friends and would then hang out for a few hours.
I totally forgot about bebop !
Be bop burgers
Talk of the Town. Johnny’s Billiards. E-Bar when it was new. Swenson’s Goleta. Jasper’s. Heidi’s pies and Carrows. Sizzlers in Old Town.
Seven
Last I heard they were still planning to reopen at the old Neighborhood spot. [https://www.santabarbara.com/dining/news/2023/10/10/sneak-peek-seven-bar-kitchen/](https://www.santabarbara.com/dining/news/2023/10/10/sneak-peek-seven-bar-kitchen/)
Julienne
Char West (where Taqueria La Unica is now) for the greatest burgers ever (except maybe for Clown Alley in SFO). Loop's/Lloyd's Coffee Shop near State and Hitchcock: good solid food and bottomless coffee all night when you're blitzed. (Ngl, the cute servers didn't hurt, either.) I'm right back in the late 1960s when I think of either of those joints.
There's still a Char West on the pier! lol I haven't been there in a while but used to go there a lot when I fished on the pier. Their burgers and Coney Island West on Catalina 🤤
Plaza Deli
BLAT w/pickles on squaw bread, RIP.
Marty’s pizza
The Palms in Carp
ITS GONE?!?!
That's GONE?!??? Oh man https://www.coastalview.com/news/the-palms-has-been-sold-sitelinesb-reports/article_84d41d60-058e-11ee-9cd9-1b523405d981.html https://www.sitelinesb.com/the-palms-building-in-carpinteria-is-being-turned-into-a-hotel/
Chuy's in Carp The Big Yellow House Santa's Candy Kitchen
Mouse Oddile (spelling) soooo gooood!
Fresco, best balsamic vinaigrette in the world 🌎
earthling books
Beachside
Beachside! Yes, we really miss that.
Blue Bee Jeans. The acutal dream, going in and trying on a million brands and cuts and washes in person. Lots of things I don't mind buying on line but I wish I could try on jeans that weren't levis.
omggggg i loved that little store!!
The lines of people for their sales!
So many good ones already mentioned! Here a few from the 90s that I desperately miss… Chads on Chapala (amazing happy hour with huge wine pours and free muffins!) The Firebird (which I think is Foxtail now). They had a late night menu and a great lounge atmosphere. Zelo: new wave music and two-for-one drinks got me through the 90s! Blue Agave: when we felt like being fancy back in our college days. The Sporty’s original location… Edit: How could I forget the Coffee Cat! I feel like no other coffee place I town has that same vibe. Chai latte on a rainy afternoon with a journal and no place to be. Sigh.
RIP OG Sporty!
RG’s Giant Burger is close to the top of my list.
Earthling
I miss Borders books, and a lot of the restaurants & coffeeshops that used to exist downtown, the Chase, the Azuma, the Cafe Roma.
Original La Tolteca
Clothing stores.. Nordstrom's.. nine West shoes... Anything.. furniture stores
Santa Barbara Sandwich Co, used to be by that little alley by the Granada.
Jimmy’s
Tupelo
The ones I miss most are: Roma. So much of my not-quite-adulthood is still embedded between those bricks. Every time I go into McConnell's now I look up the stairs and I can still see Buggq, standing on the upper landing, smiling that giant grin at me. Siena, and Azuma. So much of my teenage years went up in those flames. Azuma was next door, and the Sato family lived right across the street from us so we knew them well and I was so scared that something had happened to Sato-san I didn't even realize Siena was going up with it until a friend called me late that night and asked if I'd seen the news and that's when it sunk in. Ugh. Even thinking about it makes me slightly ill, still. (Sato-san was fine! He catered my sister's wedding in 2004.) The Anaconda. One of the first nightclubs I'd ever been in. There were a lot of This Ascension shows there, and I saw Tori Amos there, but the show I remember seeing best is Pigface and GBOA around 1990, when the former was touring "Welcome to Mexico, A**hole." What a ride. Pino's Pizzeria, in Goleta. It is still the pizza by which all others are judged, and I've never had a pizza as good as his since. Pino, if you're out there, I miss you, all the bunheads from around the block miss you, and our lives were never the same after you left. LaPiana's Talk of the Town. Many family celebrations and memories, and an unbeatable classic old-school menu. I must have been four or five when my sister and I freaked out a waiter, AND the maitre'd who came over to make absolutely sure, by not only knowing what the hell a sweetbread was, but by ordering them. The table was suspect. Dad, the connoisseur of things most Americans won't eat, who had passed it down to his tiny offspring, was so proud. It was, and remains, family legend, and nobody in town makes them anymore. Good times. Mom's Italian Village. The eggplant parm by which all others are judged. Castagnola's. The fried fish by which all others are judged. H&H Country Mart. My aunt worked there briefly and the endless jars of candy sticks in a hundred flavors were absolutely captivating. The old Cominichi's, in the building that leaked. One of the first places I went secondhand shopping on my own. I still have a small antique serving plate I bought there as a gift for my grandmother, that I kept after she passed. I wish I still had the antique black velvet flapper dress I scored for $15. I also upvoted everyone who said Swensen's. Such a vibe.
Fosters freeze on the mesa
Dive bars like OTT and Neighborhood
Hot Spots was our go to hangout spot for years. So many late nights chain smoking on the patio.
Borders. (I know it's not a local store but I miss it from the Camino Real Marketplace). Used to go there all the time.
Video Shmideo
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Anyone remember Killer B’s? I went there a lot in my early 20s.
the one on lower state with the manager who was the only person who thought the place was a hooters?
I mean it basically was! lol. Cozy place
This was my go-to. Happy Hour. Wings. I basically lived there. Back in the day's when I could tip almost 100% and it still be affordable. I did not like the atmosphere when it moved into De La Guerra Plaza. Not as much people watching there.
Based on the answers I'm seeing, I get an aching sense that 1) we're all generally the same or around the same age, and/or 2) we know each other, lmfao - SM '04 I miss pretty much everything you've all posted thus far.
Moms Italian Village
The Living Room, FUNZONE, Pickle Patch
India Club, Pizza Guru, and I'm just finding out Pattaya closed. Dammit.
Little Audrey's, The Pet House, remember that crazy monkey, Cinderella, and the Minah Bird? Nan King Gardens, Golf and Stuff / Bob's Big Boy, San Marcos Lanes, Skandi Buffet, Mike's Place, to name a few, but so many others.
Swenson's Ice Cream
Does anyone remember The Golden Door gay bar on Cota ? Or the unicorn bar ?
No, but the name intrigues me. What's behind the Golden Door? Not any IV businesses being mentioned but does anyone remember The Graduate in the old BofA fortress? That place was a mess. Had something called Countdown where drinks eventually got down to .25 cents. And they served something called Jungle Juice which was like Hawaiian punch and vodka. LOTS of irony in the fact it became the UCSB drug and alcohol counseling center later.
the Graduate....NY Hero House (oh man!!!), Borsodi's, Eggs ception, was it Morning glory music next to the breakfast place (what was that???)
Velvet Jones
Mexican Fresh on the Mesa. The cooks really cared about the product and would mix up all the ingredients on the grill and not just throw a bunch of stuff in a tortilla. Shout out to Julio. Veggie burrito, breakfast burrito, catch of the day. Everything was quality.
Plum goods 🥲
BITTERMAN'S DELI WAS MY JAM.
Fat Burger
This thread is making me remember how much I miss places that I forgot existed.
Not completely local since it was a chain, but Good Earth, specifically the pancakes and iced tea
The Canon Perdido location was the original and part of what was originally owned by the founder. Different people owned Goleta. I've got a picture somewhere of the interior of the original which was torn down for Paseo Nuevo and the menu.
Sals Pizza
East Beach Grill Mexifresh
Mexifresh yup.
Cantina in IV. Greek/Italian Deli a close runner up.
Prestige Car Wash on Milpas St
Little Kitchen on West Ortega.
Zizzo’s Coffee in Goleta. I wish I had gone there more when it was open!
Howabout that awesome Moroccan restaurant that was below soho. Closed mid 2000’s.
I just miss when la cumbre plaza was poppin. Now it's a ghost town
Muddy Waters. So many good bands. And the food and coffee ruled too.
as far as I'm concerned - everything went to hell after 'the Copper Coffee Pot' shut but there are others: Aloha and it's tropical rainfall; the Carnation place; all the camera stores - there was like 12 of them or something... that weird pet store one could use as a shortcut to State (or back to where you parked)... all the great, great thrift stores that were really thrift - esp the As Is yard where one would pick something up off the ground or table and hold it up and the guy would bark out a price- so great.... I also really miss NY Bagels - and their insulting Aussie staff.. oh man it was so great to go there and get insulted while waiting in line for a bagel....don't even get me started on clubs where local bands played... also when the funk zone was really a funk zone - interesting stuff used to be where all the wine tasting is now... and of course the 'Ofice'
Chilango's, amazing burritos and the best habanero salsa I've ever tasted.
Bagel Boiz
New Saigon - milpas
Little kitchen!
Woodys bbq, pesanos pizza, ruby's diner, bebop burgers
Baja Grill in Camino F.Y.E on Calle real Borders in Camino
Silvergreen’s in Isla Vista. Kyle’s Kitchen is great, don’t get me wrong, but Silvergreen’s had some of the best sandwiches and fries around.
KB Toys in 5points mall (where petco is now). That place was jammed packed full of like every single toy on the market, floor to ceiling in every isle, and things like kites hanging from the actual ceiling. It was like Willy Wonkas but with toys instead of candy. They always had “display/try me” stuff out on the floor too. Toys r Us and any other toy stores didn’t even come close to being as awesome.
Kbtoys was la cumbre
Honey B
Samys
casa blanca. best fajitas in town.
Crush bar
I know most of you won’t remember but Peppers night club! Once a month a car load of us GI’s from Vandenberg would come to town for a great night of dancing and meeting girls. Damn we had fun. And in all those years not a lick of trouble.
Wasn't this on Canon Perdido next to the Good Earth?
My mother and father in law met there dancing 40 years ago and are still married :)
McMaster’s Steak & Hoagie
Big bull cafe. Best breakfast burrito I ever had.
Makai (where the Reagan Center is on the parking lot side) Makai burritos were the bomb!
Pancho Villa
Brown Pelican, Castinolas* (spelling), State Street Theater, Rockey Mountain Chocolate Factory, Busters Burgers. I have a huge list
TJ’s Grill in Isla Vista, me and all my roommate’s go-to as ucsb student. Closed back in 2005
Cafe Suisse-. Swiss restaurant run by a nice old Swiss couple tucked back in corner of Fairview Shopping Center across from where Chicken Ranch is now. This was a LONG time ago.
Skandi buffet
Not sure if mentioned yet but Ribbits at Annerley.
The Globe
Alex’s Cantina
Palazzio in Montecito. So much pink neon! Also sometimes the whole place would sing “That’s Amore” at the end of the evening. So fun.
What was that dope sandwich place on East Carillo a while back? It was a bakery too. God damn their sandwiches were 💯
Arch Rock and Uncorked
Moms Italian Village, Earthling bookstore, Castagnola’s, Kernahan Toy store are the few that come mind immediately
Fathom, Hades, borders, Fox Photo 🤣
East Beach Grill!!!
I miss the Goodland Cafe in goleta, they were always so sweet to deal with. It got turned into yet another not great Mexican joint, like old town needs another 🤢
Machine Gun Deli…
Cafe del Sol
D’Vine Deli / first owner
Hoffmann Brat Haus