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California Shopping
Santa Barbara, Calif.—One
of California's great downtown shopping districts is Santa Barbara's
State Street. Offering an ideal mix of chain stores such as Saks and
Nordstrom's and Samy's Camera, 614 Chapala St., (805)
963-7269, plus boutiques, dining, books at Barnes & Noble
Booksellers, 829 State St. (805) 962-8509, and attractive
bookshelves to store those written works at One Beach Road,
1118 State St. (805) 962-9379, art and upscale jewels, stones and
glass items, it's one of the great outdoor experiences. The trend in
shopping is outdoor, open-air shopping and State Street
offers that experience. It's gone through many transitions but has
addressed the issues and always managed to rally to new heights.
Services such as
the electric bus that travels up and down the shopping district,
connecting to hotels, lots of colorful street signs and banners,
plenty of safe cross walks, quality restroom facilities and
additional attractions such as Santa Barbara Art Museum make the
shopping a pleasure.
When you arrive
at this downtown shopping area, the largest parking structure is at
the Paseo Nuevo shopping plaza. The largest concentration of
downtown stores in one location includes many you'll recognize and
some you may not. For shoes, be sure to check out Lady
Footlocker (805) 568-087, Nine West ( 805) 899-3959,
Macy's (805) 963-4566, and the popular favorite, Nordstrom
(805) 564-8770. Nordstrom is known for carrying extended shoe sizes
and quality, designer shoe products as well as affordable and
comfortable shoes.
For clothing,
options include lots of edge for the college students from UC Santa
Barbara. Choices include Abercrombie & Fitch (805)
564-7017, American Eagle Outfitters (805) 963-1344, Banana
Republic Men (805) 966-5553, bebe 805884-0800,
Gap (805) 965-6336, Pacific Sunwear 805-564-7085, Rip
Curl (805) 965-9750, Victoria's Secret (805) 962-1023,
Angl (805) 962-9008, Ann Taylor Loft (805)
966-9096, Cache (805) 966-1738, Garys Island (805)
889-9124 and Express Men & Women (805) 560-7572, to name a
few.
Make up, bath and
body soaps, lotions and oils and a variety of associated products
and health care services include Aveda (805) 884-4646,
Bath & Body Works (805) 564-1305, L'Occitane (805)
568-1777, Sephora (805) 962-5410, plus a hair salon, nail
salon, and Sunglass Hut (805) 965-0785.
For the fun
stuff, don't miss Discovery Channel Store (805) 564-1918 and
Brookstone (805) 882-1844. After you've worn yourself out
looking around, grab some chow at Panda Express (805)
568-3688, Ben & Jerry's (805) 884-1055, California Pizza
Kitchen (805) 962-4648, Chipotle (805) 730-9195,
Nordstrom Cafe (805) 564-8770, Ruby's Diner (805)
564-1941,
Tacone (805) 892-5533, Wetzel's Pretzels (805)
730-1090 and See's Candies (805) 965-5745, plus other great
sit down or carry out food options.
La Cumbre Plaza which includes anchors Macy's and Sears, is
located at 121 South Hope St. (3800 block of State St. at Hope
St.) (805) 687-6458. La Cumbre’s open-air walkway is lined with more
than 60 restaurants, services, and retailers. Every Wednesday
afternoon there's a Certified Farmers Market.
www.shoplacumbre.com
Superb shopping
at La Cumbre Plaza includes Ann Taylor (805) 563-9954,
Chico's (805) 569-2050, Eddie Bauer (805) 687-1300,
Express 805.687.3433, Lane Bryant (805) 682-1947,
Motherhood Maternity (805) 682-7040, Talbots (805)
898-0565 and Wet Seal (805) 569-0456. For home
furnishings and gifts, be sure to stop by Pottery Barn
(805) 687-6707 or Williams-Sonoma (805) 569-6913. The
shopping center includes a bank, Von's grocery store, restaurants,
telecommunications and a variety of services, foods and goods.
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