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Santa Barbara’s Hospitality Game-Changers

This is how the Acme, Companion, and Good Lion restaurant groups changed our dining culture.

Santa Barbara’s Hospitality Game-Changers
SERIOUS ABOUT SERVICE: Leading our hospitality culture are (from left) Companion’s Greg and Daisy Ryan; Good Lion’s Misty Orman and Brandon Ristaino; and Acme’s Skyler Gamble, Sherry Villanueva, and Jens Baake | Credit: Ingrid Bostrom

Santa Barbara’s
Hospitality Game-Changers

How the Acme, Companion, and
Good Lion Restaurant Groups
Changed Our Dining Culture

By Matt Kettmann | December 12, 2024