The love story behind Forte Stone’s Santa Barbara success… Photos and story by Carly Otness Some businesses are born out of an idea followed by a strategy and perhaps a business plan. Forte Stone was born out of a love story, a case of mistaken identity, and the kind...
Gracie, occupying the former Breakwater Restaurant space, has brought fresh energy to the Santa Barbara Harbor since opening in September. Co-founders Dudley Michael and Grace Austin, the duo behind The Shop Brunch and Rodeo Room, wanted to fill what they saw as a gap...
A bit of a twist at Margerum’s new tasting spot in Los Olivos By Leslie A. Westbrook Doug Margerum is at it again, this time with a gem of a new tasting room in Santa Barbara Wine Country’s charming Los Olivos. The spot offers a new twist on wine-pairing: a bento...
by Jeff Miller It’s known as “the nation’s longest running seasonal arts & crafts cooperative.” But The Yes Store can’t make that claim anymore, since it’s no longer seasonal. It’s year-round. And it’s not nomadic anymore, because after 55 years it’s found a...
by Jeff Miller The first step to success is often failure. Failures like Walt Disney, Thomas Edison, and J.K. Rowling all agree on that. And you can add Kelly Brown to that list. For Brown, the watershed night was May 7, 1993. “I screwed up,” he recalled. Brown and a...
