{"id":26241,"date":"2019-09-10T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26241"},"modified":"2019-09-10T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:59:04","slug":"santa-barbara-wharf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/santa-barbara-wharf\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Barbara Stearns Wharf Celebrates 147 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/santboce.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The oldest, working wooden wharf in California which has survived storms, tornadoes, and fires, is billed as &#8220;Santa Barbara&#8217;s #1 Attraction!&#8221; Built in 1872 by John Peck Stearns for unloading of ship passengers and cargo to shore, Santa Barbara&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/piers\/santa-barbara-stearns-wharf.html\">Stearns Wharf<\/a> celebrates its birthday &#8212; during the month of October 2019 ask wharf merchants about anniversary specials.<\/p>\n<h2>What to see &amp; do on Stearns Wharf<\/h2>\n<p><strong>FOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep Sea Wine Tasting Room with views.<\/li>\n<li>Char West Charburgers, cheeseburgers and \u00a0fish &amp; chips.<\/li>\n<li>The Harbor Restaurant with \u00a0Santa Barbara&#8217;s most beautiful restaurant view.<\/li>\n<li>Longboard&#8217;s Beach Bar and Grill offers casual, ocean view dining.<\/li>\n<li>Moby Dick Restaurant, great for breakfast!<\/li>\n<li>Santa Barbara Shellfish Company is a delicious crab place near the end of the Wharf.<\/li>\n<li>Devil and the Deep Blue Sea specializes in toys and gifts guaranteed to bring out the kid in everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Mother Stearns Candy Company features hundreds of varieties of candy.<\/li>\n<li>The Great Pacific Ice Cream Company offers 32 flavors of fine ice creams and sherberts, handmade locally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SCIENCE, SERVICES &amp; SHOPPING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Celebration Cruises luxury 42-Passenger yacht offers cruises, whale watching, seasonal tours.<br \/>\nMadame Rosinka Palm, Tarot Card, and Psychic readings.<\/li>\n<li>Natures Own Gallery offers shells,jewelry, candles, designer gifts.<\/li>\n<li>Old Wharf Trading Company is the largest general merchandise store on the wharf.<\/li>\n<li>Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center is\u00a0a must see for ocean-loving visitors seeking to learn &amp; explore.<br \/>\nSanta Barbara Water Taxi featuring Lil&#8217; Toot<\/li>\n<li>Stearns Wharf Bait &amp; Tackle meets the needs of the salt-water angler.<\/li>\n<li>Topside Resort Wear the largest clothing store on the wharf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CALIFORIA PIER EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HUNTINGTON BEACH PIER: He&#8217;e Nalu Aloha Sept.14-15, 2019<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CRUZ WHARF: T-Birds on the Wharf Oct.5, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest, working wooden wharf in California which has survived storms, tornadoes, and fires, is billed as &#8220;Santa Barbara&#8217;s #1 Attraction!&#8221; Built in 1872 by John Peck Stearns for unloading of ship passengers and cargo to shore, Santa Barbara&#8217;s Stearns Wharf celebrates its birthday &#8212; during the month of October 2019 ask wharf merchants about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26241"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26242,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26241\/revisions\/26242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}