• 5
• delicious

During our trip to Santa Barbara, we ate here twice. Once for dinner and again for brunch. Both times were lovely. The food is beautifully presented and flavorful. The atmosphere is a chic rustic and there's seating both outside and inside. The owner is friendly and accommodating (one person in our party has several allergies). It gets busy, so a reservation is recommended. We came with another couple for dinner and we shared many of the plates. We started off with polenta fries, street tacos and macadamia nut butter crostini. The tacos were made with jackfruit which I adore and the crostini was crisp, but not so hard that it fell apart upon biting. For entrees, we got the mushroom risotto, smoked mushrooms, polenta and macro bowl. All delicious! For dessert, we got them all. Chocolate cake, baklava and pumpkin pecan cheesecake. The cheesecake in particular was amazing. For brunch, the four of us were joined by another friend, so we split two plates of the empanadas while all of us got the potato latkes for the entrée except Dirk who got the couscous bowl with veggie sausages. All of it was wonderful and the presentation of the latkes was like a sandwich with tempeh and avocado. The only thing lacking were some sweet options for brunch as it was all savory. We would all come back for sure. We just wish it was all vegan as they are so close to being so already. No need for dairy. The food is amazing and would please anyone.