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Coronavirus News By Matt Kettmann | Thu May 21, 2020 | 12:24am

Restaurant Reopening Reality Check

Santa Barbara restaurateurs and officials explore creative solutions to pandemic dining.

Food By Matt Kettmann | Wed May 06, 2020 | 10:30pm

The multiagency response to the COVID-19 pandemic feeds the vulnerable, saves chefs, and protects the food chain.

Food By Leslie Dinaberg | Wed Jan 01, 2020 | 10:30pm

Talking tattoos with decorated chefs from Los Alamos to Coast Village Road.

Food By Matt Kettmann | Wed Nov 13, 2019 | 10:30pm

Chef Conrad Gonzales’s corn-growing project flexes new farm-to-table muscles.

Drink By Ninette Paloma | Wed Sep 25, 2019 | 10:30pm

Can Santa Barbara County become a global leader in sustainable wine?

Food By Matt Kettmann & George Yatchisin | Wed Aug 28, 2019 | 10:30pm

It’s our 10th annual ode to eating out in Santa Barbara.

Burger Week By Indy Staff | Wed Jun 26, 2019 | 10:24pm

Twenty-one restaurants participating in The Independent’s third annual celebration of America’s favorite sandwich.

Cover Story By Matt Kettmann | Thu Jan 10, 2019 | 12:00am

Can this liquor-making plant correct California’s parched, fire-prone landscape?

Food By Matt Kettmann | Thu Nov 01, 2018 | 12:00am

Inside the always exhausting, occasionally rewarding life of running your own restaurant.

Cover Story By Matt Kettmann | Thu Oct 04, 2018 | 12:00am

Alecia Moore finds solace in her Santa Ynez Valley vineyard.