The Isla Vista Food Coop (IVFC) will close its Santa Barbara Downtown Market store later this month due to ongoing financial struggles, the grocery store announced on December 14, 2025.
Two years after it opened on State Street, the Board of Directors decided to permanently close the community-owned store on December 26, 2025, according to an Instagram post.
The Downtown Market opened with the goal of expanding the community, and the store had hoped to reconnect with longtime owners who lived or worked closer to Santa Barbara, it mentioned in the post…