Restaurants
Voted Best Restaurants in Santa Barbara CA. for 2008
Categories: Restaurants, Santa Barbara
Every year here in Santa Barbara, locals from our area come out and vote for their favorite restaurants in town. It is essentially a casual review if you will on favorite local spots. Below are the winners for the 2008 competition as well as a few of my own personal favorites. Most all locals would agree that this year’s winners are excellent choices. ENJOY!!
Best American Restaurant Brewhouse
Best Bakery D’Angelo Bread
Best Barbecue Woody’s BBQ
Best Burger The Habit
Best Cajun Restaurant The Palace Grill
Best Californian Restaurant Fresco’s
Best Chinese Restaurant China Pavilion
Best Coffee House Daily Grind
Best Deli South Coast Deli Lazy Acres and Panino are also excellent
Best French Restaurant Bouchon
Best Fusion Restaurant Elements
Best German Restaurant Dutch Garden Restaurant
Best Greek Restaurant Greek House Cafe
Best Indian Restaurant Flavor of India
Best Italian Restaurant Ca Dario
Best Japanese Restaurant Arigato Sushi
Best Latin Restaurant Cafe Buenos Aires
Best Mediterranean Restaurant Chef Karim’s
Best Mexican Restaurant La Super Rica Los Arroyos is also excellent
Best Middle Eastern Restaurant Zaytoon
Best Pizza California Pizza Kitchen Paesano’s Pizzeria is also excellent
Best Seafood Restaurant Brophy Bros. The Enterprise Fish Co. is also excellent
Best Spanish Restaurant Alcazar
Best Steakhouse Holdren’s
Best Thai Restaurant Your Place Zen Yai is also excellent
Best Vegetarian Restaurant Sojourner Cafe
Best Vietnamese Restaurant Saigon In and Out
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Santa Barbara, CA Rated Amongst the Best Mid-sized Downtowns in California
Categories: Downtown Neighborhood, Restaurants, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Architecture
When people think of well thought out downtowns, obviously Santa Barbara comes to mind. Recently, the California Planning and Development Report voted Santa Barbara as #2 in mid-sized (pop. of 75,000 - 290,000 people) downtowns, only trailing Pasadena. The report states that Santa Barbara is a California icon that fits numerous criteria of being a delightful urban place that is both manageable and pleasant with a sense of place and a feeling of vibrancy.
For many locals, Santa Barbara downtown could fit on any of these sorts of lists because of simply its overall “feel”. Santa Barbara downtown is blessed with numerous open public spaces and parks, a fairly uniform 2-4 story building height creating an open non-claustrophobic feel, abundant venues for culture and art, boutique shopping experiences, fine restaurants ranging from gourmet steak houses and Italian tratorrias to vegan and organic take-out, uniform Spanish/Mediterranean architecture and much more.
State street is and always will be the hub of downtown, but in the past several years there has been an abundance of mixed-use buildings in the city center combing townhomes with professional offices and commercial spaces. The size of these building range anywhere from 4,000 sq ft. to 40,000 sq. ft. and are mostly all located within 1-2 blocks of State Street. This type of anti-sprawl development ultimately leads to a vibrant walkable downtown. One of Santa Barbara’s pleasures is to stroll through outdoor paseos and wonderfully landscaped plazas. Known famously as “The American Riviera”, Santa Barbara is a gorgeous mid-sized town sitting on the beautiful Pacific coastline.
Further Reading: Information About The Downtown Neighborhood, Articles About The Downtown Neighborhood
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