by Jeff Miller What you see is a beautiful burger. What you don’t see is the effort that went into making it appear on your plate at Third Window in downtown Santa Barbara. “When you smash a hamburger, grease goes everywhere,” said Kristopher Parker, who runs the...
Marcos Altamirano has been working in the restaurant business since 1996 when he arrived from his hometown in Oaxaca, Mexico. Not speaking a word of English, he landed at Pascual’s on Victoria Street as a dishwasher, pulling the late-night shift. Fast forward 26 years...
