See’s Candy Comes to Goleta — for the Holiday Season
Release Date: November 30,-0001
See’s Candy has opened a seasonal pop-up store at 5738 Calle Real, in the Calle Real Shopping Center in Goleta. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo)
The pop-up shop craze has made its way to Goleta.
The Good Land, at least through Christmas, is now the sweet land.
See's Candy has opened a pop-up store at 5738 Calle Real, in the Calle Real Shopping Center.
The store opened a week ago and features packaged, ready-to-go chocolate boxes and other seasonal treats.
Unfortunately, the free samples, synonymous with approaching the counter at other See's shops, are also packaged, and not the fresh mochas, buttercream or milk chocolate candies at the La Cumbre Plaza and Paseo Nuevo stores.
In 1921, Canadian chocolate salesman Charles See moved to Los Angeles with his family and widowed mother, Mary See. He opened the first See's shop at 135 Western Avenue North, selling his mother's chocolates, made from her own recipes.
The iconic "I Love Lucy" episode where characters Lucy and Ethel get jobs — and fail miserably — at a chocolate factory, was filmed at a See's shop in Los Angeles.
See's now has more than 200 stores across the country.
That area of Goleta is in need of a specialized chocolate shop after the closure earlier this year of The Chocolate Gallery across the street.
Paseo Nuevo Shops
Santa Barbara has turned to pop-up shops to help infuse some creative energy into its downtown.
The Mosaic on State Street features four businesses that share a space at 1131State Street, and on Nov. 23, Black Friday, the Paseo Nuevo mall will come alive with seasonal pop ups and a variety of other holiday displays called Santa Barbara Night Market.
The Yes Store seasonal pop-up shop has returned to the Paseo Nuevo mall in downtown Santa Barbara. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo)
Near Nordstrom, The Yes Store has returned for the season, after a break last year.
The Yes Store offers a collection of artisanal gifts, including wood pieces, pottery, jewelry and photographs, said Mary Lynn Harm-Romo, the mall's marketing and specialty leasing manager.
Trinidad3 pop-up shop, "a one-of-a-kind Airstream trailer," featuring premium denim made in the USA, will also be open from Thursday through Sunday, from 4 to 10 p.m. after Black Friday.
The mall will also feature nightly snowfall shows at 6 and 7 p.m. from Nov. 23 through Dec. 31. Paseo Nuevo's Center Court will feature snow falling down on a Christmas tree, along with carolers.
Santa Claus will also make daily appearances at the mall.
— Noozhawk staff writer Joshua Molina can be reached at jmolina@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.
