On this list, Santa Barbara's guide entry covers 725 places, with 510 restaurants, 128 bars, 63 cafes, and 22 quick service spots. Bars are the top category at 75, followed by Mexican restaurants at 65 and coffee shops and cafes at 64. Restaurants make up most of the listings here.
Independent operators make up 81 percent of listed places in the city.
587 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (10), McDonald's (4), Rusty's Pizza Parlor (4) and Subway (4).
Food in Santa Barbara by cuisine
Bars in Santa Barbara
- Bar · 15 E Ortega St
- Bar · 131 Anacapa St
- Bar · 1226 State St
- Bar · 409 STATE STREET
- Bar · 34 Anacapa St
- Bar · 11 W Ortega St
Mexican in Santa Barbara
- Restaurant · Mexican · 38 W Victoria St Unit 122
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 600 N Milpas St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 119 State St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 827 E Montecito St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 29 E Cabrillo Blvd
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 201 W Carrillo St
Coffee shops and cafes in Santa Barbara
- Cafe · 1316 State St
- Cafe · 702 Anacapa St
- Cafe · 361 Hitchcock Way
- Cafe · Chain · 1028 Coast Village Rd Ste. A
- Cafe · 121 E Yanonali St
- Cafe · Chain · 528 Anacapa St
Breweries in Santa Barbara
- Bar · Breweries · 406 E Haley St #1
- Bar · Breweries · Chain · 19 E Mason St
- Bar · Breweries · 406 E Haley St
- Bar · Breweries · 1131 State St
- Bar · Breweries · 813 Anacapa St
- Bar · Breweries · 1114 State St Unit 26
Bakeries and donuts in Santa Barbara
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 1106 State St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 2700 De La Vina St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 25 W Gutierrez St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 824 Reddick St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 22 N Milpas St # B
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 430 State St
Sandwiches and delis in Santa Barbara
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 18 W Figueroa St
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 601 W De La Guerra St
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 1936 State St
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · 314 N Milpas St
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 834 Santa Barbara St
- Restaurant · Sandwiches and delis · Chain · 1014 Coast Village Rd
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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.