Weekend Restaurant Itinerary for Santa Barbara, CA
Eat your way through Santa Barbara, CA like you are Guy Fieri or another Food Network host with our curated list of restaurants seen on popular TV shows like Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives and 50+ other FoodTV shows.
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Day 1
Breakfast
Restaurant: Scarlett Begonia
Show: Best Thing I Ever Ate
Known For: Alton Brown Yukon Gold Cinnamon Roll
Lunch
Restaurant: Cold Spring Tavern
Show: Man vs Food
Known For: Famous tri-tip sandwich, which features the meat marinated in a mix of butter, onions, garlic and beer, cooked over red oak on a barbecue pit, sliced and served inside a bolillo roll with sides of barbecue sauce
Dinner
Restaurant: Petit Valentien
Show: Man vs Food Nation
Known For: French fusion food including dishes such as watermelon salad, quail appetizer, slow-roasted Tripe, and braised lamb shank
Day 2
Breakfast
Restaurant: Savoy Cafe & Deli
Show: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Known For: Turning turkey into fritters and a business into a family affair
Lunch
Restaurant: Santa Barbara Shellfish Company
Show: Man vs Food
Known For: Local box crab topped with crispy onion rings and served with a side of homemade coleslaw
Dinner
Restaurant: Bossie's Kitchen
Show: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Known For: Lemongrass Thai curry, donuts and chicken pot pie
Day 3
Lunch
Restaurant: Norton's Deli
Show: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Known For: Pastrami crammed into the pastrami dog and a PLT
Dinner
Restaurant: Los Agaves Restaurant
Show: Drinking Made Easy
Known For: Tequila and mescal, excellent martinis, mojitos, and tequila based cocktails
