Italian Restaurants in Santa Barbara, CA

Italian in Santa Barbara at a glance

• Italian is the 12th largest food category in Santa Barbara, after bars and mexican.
• Its 3.2% share compares with 2.1% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Santa Barbara leans toward italian.
• Of the 23 listed below, 21 are independent and 2 belong to chains; 23 list a website.

Italian Restaurants in Santa Barbara

• Convivo Restaurant and Bar
  Restaurant · Italian · 901 E Cabrillo Blvd
• Crocodile Restaurant & Bar
  Restaurant · Italian · 2819 State St
• Ospi Montecito
  Restaurant · Italian · 1801 E Cabrillo Blvd
• Arnoldi's Cafe
  Restaurant · Italian · 600 Olive St
• Ca' Dario
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 1187 Coast Village Rd
• California Pasta
  Restaurant · Italian · 811 State St
• Chase Restaurant and Lounge
  Restaurant · Italian · 1012 State St
• Pascucci
  Restaurant · Italian · 509 State St
• Presto Pasta
  Restaurant · Italian · Chain · 2830 De La Vina St
• Toma Restaurant & Bar
  Restaurant · Italian · 324 W Cabrillo Blvd
• Tre Lune
  Restaurant · Italian · 1151 Coast Village Rd
• Via Maestra 42
  Restaurant · Italian · 3343 State St
• Ca' Dario Pizzeria Veloce
  Restaurant · Italian · 38 W Victoria St
• Olio E Limone Ristorante
  Restaurant · Italian · 11 W Victoria St Ste 17
• Mizza
  Restaurant · Italian · 1112 State St
• L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele Taverna and Cafe
  Restaurant · Italian · 1031 State St
• Trattoria Vittoria
  Restaurant · Italian · 30 E Victoria St
• Pascucci Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 1230-A State St
• Petrini's Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 14 W Calle Laureles
• Manifattura
  Restaurant · Italian · 413 State St
• Aldo's Italian Restaurant
  Restaurant · Italian · 1031 State St
• Bucatini
  Restaurant · Italian · 436 State St
• Palazzio
  Restaurant · Italian · 1026 State St

Italian elsewhere in California

Among the California cities in this guide, the most italian listings are in Los Angeles (418), San Francisco (227), San Diego (211), San Jose (48), Santa Monica (45) and Newport Beach (37).

Run a italian spot in Santa Barbara?

You share this list with 22 other italian 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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