Best coffee we've had in SB. While you enjoy a cup, you can watch and smell as beans are roasted on site.
A true Santa Barbara landmark, this historic building, ten acre garden, active parish and mausoleum, is still home to a group of Franciscan friars as it was when it was built by the Spanish in 1786. Read more.
The pastrami dip sandwich is a monster - what's not to love about it? Read more.
The Baja tacos are great. This place gets very crowded so try and go there during off peak hours. The food is definitely worth the wait.
Great view with equally good food. Country scramble and orange juice pancakes are delish.
Santa Barbara's great little gourmet secret. For lunch you want a Duck Croissant or savory salad, with a Mexican coke or house soda.. But you must come back late night for a Thai Basil Burger.
One of the largest collection of Claude Monet paintings in California. Great selection here.
We really enjoyed the beef and pork tacos, smothered in cilantro, onion, and lime. At $1.60 a pop, you can't beat that!
Perfect for those late afternoon strolls with your significant other. Oh make sure you're walking west for a beautiful sunset.
Incredible restaurant, love the decor & relaxing outdoor seating. The crab eggs benedict is to die for, so good. The spicy corn chowder, home made guacamole & lobster ravioli, are all outstanding.
Saison’s tasting menu costs $398 per person. Before a meal veers into sea urchin, abalone, and hairy pig, for example, you might be served a mound of caviar paired with biscuits fresh from the oven. Read more.
The combined flavors in the sorrel rice bowl suggest how sunshine on a lemon tree might taste, and the ricotta toast painted with three jams resembles a flag to which I’d gladly pledge allegiance. Read more.
After a meal of tuna poke, fried oyster and beef carpaccio in lettuce wraps, and twice-cooked pork, don’t miss the "baked Hawaii," a torch-bronzed meringue filled with caramelized pineapple ice cream. Read more.
Dishes like lamb on toothpicks and hot pots with a dozen different animal cuts bubbling in red oil show off exceptional clarity of flavor and an alchemical approach to spicing. Read more.
Menus evolve daily with the season, but there’s no escaping the Zuni classics: the iconic roast chicken for two, the trend-igniting burger, and the bowl of polenta that is surely more dairy than corn. Read more.
Corey Lee’s unique, eloquent, and lavish bridging of East and West cuisines is in itself a reason to visit the Bay Area. Read more.
