American Restaurants in Santa Barbara, CA

American in Santa Barbara at a glance

• American is the 7th largest food category in Santa Barbara, after bars and mexican.
• Its 4.0% share compares with 3.8% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 29 listed below, 27 are independent and 2 belong to chains; 28 list a website.

American Restaurants in Santa Barbara

• Shalhoob's Funk Zone Patio
  Restaurant · American · 220 Gray Ave
• Benchmark Eatery
  Restaurant · American · 1201 State St
• Bossie's Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 901 N Milpas St
• Finch & Fork
  Restaurant · American · 31 W Carrillo St
• Reunion Kitchen + Drink
  Restaurant · American · Chain · 1118 E Cabrillo Blvd
• Roy
  Restaurant · American · Chain · 7 W Carrillo St
• State & Fig
  Restaurant · American · 1114 State St
• Intermezzo by Wine Cask
  Restaurant · American · 813 Anacapa St
• The Lark Santa Barbara
  Restaurant · American · 131 Anacapa St
• Mesa Cafe & Bar
  Restaurant · American · 1972 Cliff Dr
• LOCAL
  Restaurant · American · 1187 Coast Village Rd
• Kyle's Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · 791 Chapala St
• Derf's
  Restaurant · American · 2000 DE La Vina St
• Leadbetter Santa Barbara
  Restaurant · American · 23 E Cabrillo Blvd
• American Ale
  Restaurant · American · 14 E Cota St
• Anchor Woodfire Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · 119 State St
• Arts & Letters Cafe
  Restaurant · American · 7 E Anapamu St
• Chad's
  Restaurant · American · 625 Chapala St
• Downtown Brewing Co.
  Restaurant · American · 3744 State St
• Julienne
  Restaurant · American · 138 E Canon Perdido St
• Max's Restaurant
  Restaurant · American · 3514 State St
• Munchiez
  Restaurant · American · 440 E Ortega St
• Mundos
  Restaurant · American · Latin American · 901 N Milpas St
• The Monarch
  Restaurant · American · 1295 Coast Village Rd
• Union Ale
  Restaurant · American · 214 State St
• Tupelo Junction Cafe
  Restaurant · American · 1218 State St
• Eladio's Restaurant
  Restaurant · American · 1 State St
• High Sierra Grill and Bar
  Restaurant · American · 521 Firestone Rd
• American Riviera
  Restaurant · American · W Anapamu St

American elsewhere in California

Among the California cities in this guide, the most american listings are in Los Angeles (547), San Francisco (301), San Diego (228), Sacramento (107), Oakland (97) and San Jose (77).

Run a american spot in Santa Barbara?

You share this list with 28 other american listings. The ones guests reorder from are the ones that are easy to order from directly. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu, flyers and posts to go with it. Run your numbers with the commission savings calculator.

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