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in Santa Barbara Area, California




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Aja

Alchemy Cafe

Aldo's Italian Restaurant

Anchor Woodfire Kitchen & Bar

Andria's

Arch Rock Fish

Arlington Tavern

Arts & Letters Cafe

Bacara Bar

Baccio

Ballard Store

The Barbecue Company

Barcliff & Bair

Bay Cafe Seafood Restaurant & Fish Market

The Beach Grill at Padaro

Beachside Bar & Cafe

Blue Agave

The Blue Shark Bistro

Blue Tavern

Blush Restaurant & Lounge

Book Ends Cafe

Brigitte's

Brothers Restaurant at Mattei's Tavern

Brummis The German Taste

Bucatini

Cabernet Bistro & Wine Bar

Cabernet French Bistro

Cafe Angelica

Cafe Buenos Aires

Cafe Chardonnay

Cafe del Sol

Cafe Luck

Cafe Shell

Casa de Sevilla

Cava Restaurant & Bar

Cava Restaurant & Bar

Chad's

Chamomile Cafe

Chef Karim's Moroccan Restaurant

Chuck's Waterfront Grill

Cielito

Citronelle

Coast Restaurant & Bar

Couchez

The Cowboy Way

Dish

Downey's

D'Vine Cafe

East Beach Grill

El Cazador del Mar

Eladio's

Elements

Elephant Bar

Emilio's Ristorante & Bar

The Endless Summer Bar-Cafe

Enterprise Fish Co.

Epiphany

Esau's Cafe

Fresco at the Beach

The Gathering Table

Hob Nob

The Hungry Cat

Intermezzo Los Olivos

Julienne

Kabuki Japanese Restaurant

Kahuna Grill

Killer B's BBQ & Bar

La Marina

La Piccola Mollie

Las Aves Cafe

Le Bon Cafe

Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant

The Little Door

Ma Dolce Vita

Main Squeeze Cafe

Matador Tapas Bar & Latin Steakhouse

Mattei's Tavern

The Melting Pot

Meridian Vineyards Wine Market

Mimosa

Mirabelle Restaurant

Miro

The Monarch

Mondial Restaurant

The Montecito Cafe

Montecito Wine Bistro

Mousse Odile

Museum Cafe

Napoleon Cafe

Nardonne’s La Famiglia Pizzeria

The Natural Cafe

The Natural Cafe

Nu

Nuuva

Ocean House

Palazzio

Palazzio

Paloma Restaurant & Tequila Bar

Paradise Cafe

The Pasta Shoppe

The Patio

Patrick's Side Street Cafe

Pea Soup Andersen's

Peabody's

Petrini's Restaurant

Petros

Piatti

Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro

Piranha

Plow & Angel Bistro

Quantum Kitchen & Cocktails

The Ballard Inn Restaurant

Restaurant Marcella

Rocks

Rodney's Steakhouse

Root 246

Ruth's Chris Steak House

Sage & Onion

Saigon In & Out Vietnamese Restaurant

Santa Barbara Authentique

Santa Barbara Brewing Company

Seagrass Restaurant

Sevilla

Shalhoob's

Side Street Cafe

The Silver Bough

Sly's

Smokin' Jack's Kansas City Barbecue

Sojourner Cafe

Spa Cafe

Spiritland Bistro

Square One

TAP Thai Cuisine

31 West

Trattoria Mollie's

Tupelo Junction Cafe

Tutti's

The Vineyard House

Wildwood Kitchen

William

Zal's Cafe

The Zia Cafe



BEYONCE INSPIRED LIBATIONS

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BOURBON IN YOUR AIOLI

This cashew aioli recipe gets a kick with bourbon.

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GAYOT'S RESTAURANT AWARDSOver the years, we have been electing restaurants to be on GAYOT's Yearly Restaurant Awards.

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