How do you get into Plow & Angel?
We have not confirmed it. Plow & Angel is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Plow & Angel
How the venue describes itself: “Tucked away in the leafy foothills of Montecito, CA, San Ysidro Ranch offers a unique blend of privacy, peace, and tranquility in an idyllic setting.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Plow & Angel sits
Plow & Angel is in Montecito, California, in Santa Barbara County, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists two speakeasies and hidden bars in Montecito — too few for a city guide of its own yet, so they sit on the California page until there are more.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Plow & Angel are The Speakeasy, a few doors away.
California holds 173 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our California speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in California
California came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in California.
What the newspapers recorded in California
Searching the Library of Congress run of California newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from California:
- La prensa, March 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, June 14, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, October 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, November 5, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Plow & Angel by phone on (805) 565-1720, through its own website, and on Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok.
The address is 900 San Ysidro Ln, Montecito, CA 93108. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Plow & Angel we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Two independent open datasets, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, both carry this venue at this location. Agreement between them is the strongest existence check we can make without visiting.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.