It’s a Santa Barbara miracle: beloved hometown game store Game Seeker has re-opened on State Street only six months after being kicked out from under Hotel Santa Barbara.
“We closed in May, and we applied in May for this location,” at 920 State Street, next to Cookie Plug’s old space and the future home of SBIFF’s newly christened McHurley Film Center, said owner Ingrid Estrella.
The spot is owned by the city, so Estrella was prepared to be patient, she said. She crossed her fingers and hoped it would work out — “because realistically, nowhere else could be afforded, as a small business on State Street. This is a crown jewel of a location.”…