Nik Blaskovich / News-Press PhotoBartender John Randolph moved to Goleta’s Holdren’s branch after years of serving at the Chase Bar and Grill downtown. Could that explain the garlands and festive fairy lights hanging from the dark wood beams and corners of this steak restaurant? Or is it just the time of the season . . . the time to explore some cocktails?
With its long bar, the Good Land Holdren’s shares many cocktails with its downtown location, but we make sure to hold off on all those drinks and focus on the newest of the new, the differentest of the different. Sequestered away in the cozy environment of the bar, where one can’t see the box maulings outside, we watch Randolph whip up some fancy drinks.
