Historic Santa Barbara Restaurant Sues City Over $67,000 Monthly Rent

Wikimedia Commons/Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia

Owners Say Lease Terms Are Now Unsustainable

The Harbor Restaurant has anchored Stearns Wharf for nearly a century.

It survived a fire that closed the wharf for eight years, multiple ownership changes, and a pandemic.

But now the owners say the city of Santa Barbara is charging so much rent that staying open has become nearly impossible. They just filed a 131-page lawsuit to prove it…

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