You’ve worked hard to get here. You’ve struggled, failed, and overcome. You’ve built your business through hard work, teamwork, and thankless work. And I’m here to tell you two things: First, it’s paid off. And second, this is just the beginning of your storied life as one of Northern Santa Barbara County’s best. So savor […]
Best of Northern Santa Barbara County
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Best of NSBC 2024
You Voted for ’Em, and We’ve Got the Winners
Are you ready to catch all the top dogs and cool cats as they fly by into the winners’ circle? You better hold on, because there are a lot in Northern Santa Barbara County! With more than 160 restaurants, bars, businesses, and community members in this formation, we barely had room in this issue for […]
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Best Of NSBC 2023
Readers voted on their faves, and we’ve got all the winners for you
We asked you to kick the tires and light the fires, dear readers, and you responded. In our annual Best of Northern Santa Barbara County issue, we’re giving an “attaboy” to the eateries, drinkeries, businesses, and people that you said were alphas, top dogs, air bosses. We didn’t have room for any goon ups or […]
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Best of Northern Santa Barbara County 2022
Summer is heading toward its end, but there’s still lots of warmth left before those leaves start to fall and plenty of peaks left to summit. We asked you to pick those trailblazers in the community that deserved a very special merit badge, to tell us about your favorite businesses, leaders, restaurants, and community members […]
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Best of Northern Santa Barbara County 2021
This just in: the Sun’s annual Northern Santa Barbara County Best of reader’s poll results! We asked and you answered. You told us who and what your favorites were, and we tabulated and compiled all the results that were fit to print, packaged them up for you, and delivered! Find out the community’s favorite restaurants, […]
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SUN BEST OF 2020
We asked and you stepped up, dear readers. You brought your A-game to the stage and picked out the best, brightest, and most entertaining acts in Northern Santa Barbara County that are still rockin’ through the COVID-19 pandemic. You riffed on the eateries, drinkeries, businesses, and people that make this area so special. And now […]
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Introduction
Well, well. It’s that time of year again. Readers weighed in with their thoughts, we tallied up the votes, and the winners of the Best of Northern Santa Barbara County readers poll are in this issue! This year, though, we have even more winners for you with 176 categories. Whew! If you’re curious, open up […]
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Best of Northern Santa Barbara County 2018
It takes very special businesses, organizations, and people to get Northern Santa Barbara County residents firing on all cylinders. Every year, the Sun asks locals to vote on which really rev their engines, and we’ve got their favorites in our annual Best Of issue. So drop the top down, crank up the radio, hang your […]
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Best of Northern Santa Barbara County 2017
Calibrate your visual processors and defrag your disks, because Best Of Northern Santa Barbara County 2017 is here with the Robo-Best! We did it up in precision style this year, reaching out to the businesses, people, and androids Sun readers think are at the front of the assembly line. Editor’s notes: • The Sun […]
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Carnival of Best: Sun Best Of Northern Santa Barbara County 2016
You’ve visited their establishments, patronized their businesses, and bragged about their services, and now you’ve voted your favorite Northern Santa Barbara County companies the best in their industries. Inside this week’s issue you’ll find our annual Best Of feature that applauds the businesses that go above and beyond to please their customers.