
Holiday Closings
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Wildland Organics offers eco-conscious hair and body care products, helping people live a healthy and organic lifestyle. On Halloween, Wildland Organics officially opened a new storefront in Oakwood Village — a dream come true for owners Marisa Quintanilla and Daane Griffeth. “We’ve always loved this spot,” Quintanilla said. “We wanted to open a shop but…
This week, the Crier met Marla Sparks, proprietor of Art Department, which shares with Mountain Pottery the newly remodeled building at the corner of Pine Crest Avenue and Maranatha Drive, one of local developer Shane Stewart’s projects. Together, the two businesses make up a “creative corner” where locals and visitors alike will find the unexpected,…
The Crier sat down with Julia Graham at her new teaching studio, HilltopMusic Lab, in the Collective. Graham moved into the space just a fewweeks ago, but tells us that already, 45 students are taking lessons andlearning about music at Hilltop. Graham spent about a year giving lessons out of her home in Idyllwild,and taught…
This week the Crier sat down with the new owners of Café Aroma, Eric and Adrienne Edmunds. The couple take over the storied “Café, Bistro and Social Club” from Erica and Stewart Klair, who made a lot of friends in their brief tour of duty here, and, like Aroma’s many guests, the Edmunds have only…
Arribas Mexican Restaurant reboots with an all-new menu, including an expanded shrimp entrée section with seven gourmet shrimp dishes, under new management of Carol and Juan Martinez. Returning chefs Kiki and Alphonso will up-level Arribas’ menus, according to Carol. Carol invited patrons to sample Arriba happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday…
After 52 years of operation, Knotty Pine Cabins on Pine Crest Avenue closed its doors on July 16. It ends a long run of serving mountain visitors that began in 1964 when Doug and Bonnie Reed, Doug’s mother Elizabeth Wood, daughter Callie and son Ed became a family of innkeepers. Over the years, management changed…