Recent Press
Recent Press Mentions for Jeannine's
🍳 Café Owner in Scramble Mode as Egg Prices Skyrocket
February 26, 2025 - KEYT News
"Owner Alison Hardey of the eatery is also feeling the pinch of skyrocketing egg prices... Every week, her chefs use an average 10,000 shelled eggs for their customers' meals. 'Our entire business is based on eggs... We've had to unfortunately, grudgingly so, do a surcharge on our eggs.'" Read More
🏪 Something Sweet is Baking
January 2, 2025 - Santa Barbara News
"The Jeannine's location at 3607 State Street will be temporarily closing on January 1st, 2025, as we prepare to reopen in the Spring with an exciting new Jeannine's Bakery concept! In the meantime, please join us at our other locations which will remain open 7 days a week." Read More
📊 Jeannine's Owner Recounts 35 Years of Breakdowns and Breakthroughs
October 13, 2022 - Pacific Business Times
"After Alison Hardey graduated from Stanford University in the 1980s, and decided her dream of becoming a professional tennis player was going to remain a dream, she moved back home to Santa Barbara... Now, 35 years later, she owns and operates four locations of Jeannine's Restaurant and Bakery, in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Montecito." Read More
🌊 Jeannine's Bakery Opening at the Foot of Stearns Wharf
June 1, 2021 - Santa Barbara News
"The friendly staff from State Street Coffee will be joining Jeannine's when it opens July 1st. The new seaside Jeannine's Bakery is at the corner of State Street and Cabrillo Boulevard." Read More
🍽️ BizHawk: Jeannine's Restaurant and Bakery Opens New Goleta Location
September 12, 2019 - Hollister Village Plaza
"It's a good day for the Goodland. One of Santa Barbara's most-treasured breakfast, bakery and lunch spots has found its way to Goleta. Jeannine's Restaurant and Bakery opened last week at 7060 Hollister Ave., suite 107, in the Hollister Village shopping center." Read More
🏆 Jeannine's Restaurant and Bakery Honored by Senator Jackson
June 23, 2019 - The Santa Barbara Independent
"State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson recognized one of Santa Barbara's favorite cafés, Jeannine's Restaurant and Bakery, as Senate District 19's Small Business of the Year on June 19. Though many locals may know Jeannine's for breakfast, lunch, and coffee, those who lived through the Thomas Fire and subsequent 1/9 Debris Flow are likely to remember the restaurant for its generosity during those dark weeks." Read More
👩⚖️ Jackson Honors Jeannine's
June 24, 2019 - Santa Barbara News
"State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) recently honored Jeannine's Restaurant and Bakery as Senate District 19's Small Business of the Year. Each year, members of the California Senate honor small businesses within their Senate district that have demonstrated outstanding success and contributions to the community." Read More
👩🍳 Alison Hardey - Women Service Award Recipient
March 19, 2019 - Instagram
"Congratulations to our very own, Alison Hardey, who was honored as the first Commission For Women Service Award in Santa Barbara County." Read More
🍽️ Foodie Awards 2018 - The Izzy Lifetime Achievement Award
August 30, 2018 - The Santa Barbara Independent
"After Montecito's terrible trials by fire, mud, rock, and muck this winter, it ached for a place that could offer the calm of normal. Salvation came in the form of coffee, communion, and the certainty that only a 30-year-old business could bring, as Jeannine's, the restaurant and bakery on Coast Village Road, became Montecito's comfort clubhouse..." Read More
🌿 Table of Life 2018 Garden Party Gala
August 16, 2018 - The Fourth Estate
"Set at the beautiful Montecito estate of Stephanie and Jim Sokolove, this year's Table of Life garden party and gala honors two of Santa Barbara's own heroes, Alison Hardey of Jeannine's Bakery and Patrick Braid of Village Cheese & Wine, who opened their hearts and businesses to hold the community together after the January 2018 Montecito Debris Flow..." Read More
🌟 Local Heroes 2018
November 21, 2018 - The Santa Barbara Independent
"The Local Heroes class of 2018 features homeless advocates, dancers, lawn bowlers, librarians, grocery store employees, and many more of our neighbors who make Santa Barbara a better place through their selfless actions." Read More
💪 Amid the Death and Destruction in Montecito, a Bakery Becomes a Center of Recovery and Hope
February 10, 2018 - San Diego Union-Tribune
"The reopening of Hardey's family-owned restaurant was a sign of hope and resilience. Hardey placed spring flowers on the deck as a symbol of renewal and lit white lights to help guide the way back to a sense of normalcy after a deadly mudslide devastated the area." Read More