On a warm Friday evening, Santa Barbara's Funk Zone typically is bustling with people heading to the bars, tasting rooms and restaurants.
But last week, the nightlife hot spot was nearly deserted, roads were mostly empty, and there were very few pedestrians in sight.
The statewide stay-at-home order has shuttered most of those businesses, or reduced them to curbside pickup and delivery service.
The downtown and waterfront shuttles are out of service — another sign of the pandemic's toll on the city.
A lone red car was parked nearby the East Cabrillo Boulevard and Anacapa Street intersections, but no people were in sight.
Tourists weren't posing for photos in front of the mural that decorates the large wall along the 100 block of Santa Barbara Street.
A few blocks away, the normally buzzing downtown corridor was a similar eerily quiet scene.
Pretty much no one was out and about.
The 500 block of State Street — part of the city’s bar scene pre-pandemic — was mostly dark and looked like a ghost town around 8 p.m.
The lights were out and signs were posted at closed wineries, eateries and taverns, with overturned chairs stacked on top of tables.
There was no dining out at restaurants, no outdoor tables and chairs, and several businesses had limited hours.
In restaurant areas, there were occasional delivery drivers and masked customers waiting for curbside orders. People were handed food and zipped off.
Three vehicles were temporarily parked side by side on lower State Street shortly before 8:45 p.m., and the majority of bike racks in the immediate area were bare.
The crosswalk on a stretch of State Street went for a long period of time without a pedestrian.
Just a handful of drivers had nighttime excursions along stretches of usually busy road.
It all made for a rather surreal scene, and what follows is a visual snapshot of what Santa Barbara was like on Friday, Saturday and Monday during the coronavirus pandemic.
— Noozhawk staff writer Brooke Holland can be reached at bholland@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.