The Maker's Son 346 Bell Street • Los Alamos • CA 93440

Every rental at The Maker's Son includes a rustic ceremony arbor, white folding ceremony chairs, farm-style tables, cross-back dining chairs, dishware, glassware, silverware and serviceware, and linen napkins. Outdoors, you'll have landscaped gardens with fire pits, a massive stone fireplace, a private tasting bungalow, portable bars, lounge seating, exterior restrooms and lighting for evening events.

Yes. At The Maker's Son, vows take place in the oak-shaded garden on a built-in stone-and-brick stage crowned by a rustic ceremony arbor. Book a full buyout and the reception can move into the Events Garage, an authentic 1920s service garage with an open-truss vaulted ceiling, and the intimate Western Tavern, or stay outside around the fire pits and stone fireplace.

At The Maker's Son, an exterior-only buyout runs $3,500–5,000 for up to 100 guests and includes the lawns and back and side patios. A full buyout, adding the Events Garage and Tavern, runs $5,000–7,000 for up to 150 guests. Plated or buffet dinners range from $45–115 per person, food stations start at $15 per person, additional servers are $100 per 25 guests, and a 20% service charge applies.

Catering and bar service at The Maker's Son are in-house. Menus focus on seasonal, locally sourced Central Coast cuisine with global flavors, with options for passed and stationed appetizers, plated or buffet dinners, late-night bites and desserts. The bar offers host or no-host options, wine and beer packages, and full bar packages with signature cocktails and Central Coast wines, beers and ciders.

All events at The Maker's Son must end by 10pm. Amplified music is allowed indoors and outdoors, with some restrictions, and the gardens are lit for evening celebrations, so plan your timeline to make the most of golden hour and the early evening.

Yes. The Maker's Son hosts welcome receptions and rehearsal dinners as well as weddings, so you can keep the whole weekend in one spot in Los Alamos. The intimate Western Tavern and the garden around the stone fireplace are both great fits for a smaller gathering.

The Maker's Son is a restored 1920s filling station and service garage in Los Alamos, in the heart of Santa Barbara Wine Country. Inside, the spaces are curated with Western and pre-industrial artifacts from about 1840 to 1960, and the oak-shaded garden adds fire pits and a massive stone fireplace. It's rustic, historic and full of character.