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Cover Story By Tyler Hayden & Tiana Molony | Wed Oct 15, 2025 | 11:59pm

Best of Santa Barbara® 2025

The people have spoken, and these are their winners.

Cover Story By Tyler Hayden | Wed Oct 16, 2024 | 9:00pm

Our annual list of ballot-box champs.

Cover Story By Tyler Hayden | Wed Oct 18, 2023 | 9:00pm

Our annual list of champs who hit it out of the park.

Cover Story By Leslie Dinaberg | Wed Oct 19, 2022 | 11:58pm

Here are the results of our annual reader survey.

Cover Story By Charles Donelan | Wed Oct 20, 2021 | 9:23pm

Here are the results of our annual reader survey.

Best Of By Leslie Dinaberg | Wed Oct 16, 2019 | 10:30pm

Our annual celebration of Santa Barbarans’ favorite things.

Best Of By Indy Staff | Thu Oct 18, 2018 | 12:00am

Our annual celebration of the people and places that rule Santa Barbara’s seaside kingdom.

Best Of By Indy Staff | Thu Oct 19, 2017 | 12:00am

Our annual celebration of the people and places that make Santa Barbara out of this world

Best Of By Indy Staff | Thu Oct 20, 2016 | 12:00am

Dug and Dot Daug sniff out Santa Barbarans’ favorite places.

Best Of By Ethan Stewart | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | 12:00am

‘The Santa Barbara Independent’ readers vote for their favorite places in town.