High Seas Opens Santa Barbara Tasting Room
Austin Corrigan is now serving his mead and cider in a warehouse zone near Milpas Street and East Beach.
Recent Stories
Full Belly Files | Emerging from the Holidaze
A rundown of my end-of-year eats & drinks; plus, the first 2023 wine reviewed; my TV pilot wins award; and stories you may have missed.
Foraging for the Family
Melany Kahn is coming to Santa Barbara to tell us to search for mushrooms with our kids.
Full Belly Files | My Year in Writing Review
Here’s a rundown of what I wrote and did as a journalist in 2023.
Our Offshore History Finds a Home
The Chrisman California Islands Center in Carpinteria is set to open to visitors and researchers this month.
Full Belly Files | Visionary Farmers Get Down in Goleta
Meeting up with the Mad Agriculture crew over Frinj Coffee at Jay Ruskey’s Goodland Organics; plus, Dang Burger bites, smoked black cod at S.B. Fish Market, and stories you may have missed.
Your Next Central Coast Wine Tour Book
Santa Barbara County stars in the latest “Exploring Wine Regions” edition by Michael Higgins.
The Ellwood Inches Toward Opening
Much progress is being made at the Goleta Beach restaurant; plus, a recent podcast of mine and stories you may have missed.
Where to Find California’s Native Plants in Your Beer
With coveted tickets on sale January 4, here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Beer Garden event.
Santa Barbara’s Happy Chance Gets Concentrated
The health-minded cannabis edible company now produces capsules.
