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Dutch Garden to close after 75 years End of era for longtime Santa Barbara restaurant; Enterprise Fish Co. also among closures
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Fans expressed regret over the announcement that Dutch Garden Restaurant, 4203 State St., would serve its final meals Saturday.
fter 75 years of serving delicious German fare to Santa Barbara and Goleta locals, the beloved Dutch Garden restaurant at 4203 State St. will serve its last meal this Saturday before closing its doors for good. Open since 1945, Dutch Garden has remained a local favorite by serving up delicious dishes including schnitzel; German sausages like weisswurst, bratwurst and knockwurst; sauerkraut; and a variety of sandwiches. Each meal could be washed down with a huge assortment of
‘We need the strength’ Teresa Kuskey Nowak selected as Saint Barbara for 2020 Old Spanish Days NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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“The company believes these initiatives will better align resources to provide further operating flexibility and more efficiently position the business for its long-term strategy,” read the filing. The closures and layoffs are a part of a previously disclosed initiative “to reduce operating expenses and preserve liquidity” after Sonos reported a significant fiscal impact from COVID-19 in a letter to shareholders on May 6. In the letter, Sonos CEO Please see sonos on A10
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Teresa Kuskey Nowak has been named as Saint Barbara for the 2020 Old Spanish Days Fiesta.
the Native Daughters. Ms. Nowak admitted that part of her momentarily considered being Saint Barbara for next year’s Fiesta rather than this year’s, as COVID-19 restrictions have forced Old Spanish Days to re-imagine this year’s event to accommodate social distancing. Ultimately though, she decided now was the right time to serve the community. “This is the time for me. This is the time that our community needs healing, and this is the time that I should be Saint Barbara,” she said. A third generation Santa Barbara native, Ms. Nowak attended Bishop Garcia Diego High School and UCSB. She has worked professionally as a ballet dancer and teacher, and is director of the award-winning La Boheme Professional Dance and Entertainment Group, according to Please see Fiesta on A6
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Scott Boniface, who donates regularly, gives blood at the Lobero Theatre.
Saving lives in the spotlight Lobero Theatre hosts blood drive By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
Teresa Kuskey Nowak, top center, poses with some of her family at the Rose Garden near the Santa Barbara Mission Thursday afternoon.
The Lobero Theatre held a new type of performance Thursday — not for entertainment, but for saving lives. Vitalant, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit transfusion medicine organizations, held a COVID19 compliant blood drive on the Lobero’s stage. Because of the theater’s large size, Vitalant staff was able to maintain social distancing, sanitize all areas touched by donors and create a one way in, one way out path for donors,
starting in the courtyard and ending on the stage. Masks were required for all parties involved, and temperatures of staff and donors were monitored. Blood donation has been dramatically impacted by the global pandemic for numerous reasons, the biggest being where organizations can hold blood drives. “Mobile blood drives make up the majority of our production sales,” said Diane Frantela, the donor recruitment representative for Vitalant. “As soon as the stayPlease see blood on A2
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spot.” “Terrible! I LOVED that place! Yet another heartbreak in SB,” commented Billy Gill. “Heartbroken. Next to La Tolteca, the worst delicious cultural loss I can remember,” said David Palladino. Many commented that they will try to visit for the first time before the restaurant closes, while other longtime customers said they would stop by for a meal and a drink one last time. One commenter mentioned that the restaurant has been busier than ever following the news. Dutch Garden is far from the only Santa Barbara-area staple to close its doors permanently
Sonos lays off 12% of workforce anta Barbara-based speaker maker Sonos is laying off employees around the world after economic damage linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an SEC filing, Sonos, headquartered at 614 Chapala St., said it began reducing its global headcount by 12% on Tuesday. In addition to the layoffs, Sonos is closing its New York retail store and six satellite offices.
By JOSH GREGA eresa Kuskey Nowak was announced as the next Saint Barbara for Old Spanish Days Fiesta during an event on Thursday afternoon at the A.C. Postel Rose Garden near the Santa Barbara Mission. After some introductory remarks from Old Spanish Days board member and 2007 Saint Barbara Thea Palencia, Ms. Nowak emerged from behind the rose bushes wearing a white dress, scarlet cape, gold crown, and holding a golden palm frond and chalice in her hands. Ms. Nowak told the NewsPress that she was “honored” and “surprised” to be chosen as this year’s Saint Barbara, and that portraying the patron saint has been a long time ambition of hers. “It’s something I grew up wanting to be. She portrays a very strong woman and in our community right now we need the strength,” she said. Saint Barbara was a virgin martyr of the third and fourth centuries when Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire. Her pagan father kept her imprisoned in a tower to preserve her honor, but he beheaded her after she confessed to being a Christian. As her father made his way home after killing her, he was struck by lightning and died. Ms. Palencia stated that this made Saint Barbara the patron saint of firefighters, architects, stonemasons, sailors, soldiers handling explosives, and protection against lightning. For five years, Ms. Nowak has been a member of Reina del Mar Parlor No. 126, the local Native Daughters of the Golden West chapter that annually chooses a woman to portray Saint Barbara during Fiesta activities. According to the Old Spanish Days website, Saint Barbara makes appearances at Fiesta events like La Fiesta Pequeña, Noches de Ronda, and the annual parade, during which she rides on a float sponsored by
lagers, pilsners and ales from Germany and Belgium. Although many businesses have been forced to close up shop due to the financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, commenters on Facebook and a Santa Barbara area blogger, The Restaurant Guy, have reported that the owners were planning to retire next year anyway. It seems that the pandemic brought their decades’ long journey to an end earlier than intended. The more than 150 commenters on the Dutch Garden’s Facebook page are saddened by the news, and they shared memories and comments about their favorite qualities about their favorite “hidden gem” and “secret local
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