Bossie’s Kitchen

On the corner of Milpas St. and Canon Perdido, the Streamline Moderne building was designed by Alexander C. D’Alfonso in 1939, a noted builder and contracter in Santa Barbara, CA, and is a significant feature of the Milpas St. corridor.

The Live Oak Dairy was constructed during the last phase of Art Deco, when designers began to favor simpler, aerodynamic lines and forms. The Streamline Moderne is basically a machine aesthetic focused on smooth surfaces, horizontal lines, curved corners, and functional efficiency.

Owners Abbondio Bazzi, John Zocchi, and Innocente Mariani bought a plaster cow from Alfred Kuhn, a sculptor from Yukaipa, CA and placed it on the roof over the entrance.  Parents would bring their children on Sundays to the soda fountain to see the cow, known as Old Bossy.