Your recommendations in SANTA BARBARA, CA ?

 I highly recommend:

 The Bakery, 129 E. Anapamu St., across from the courthouse.
 A full service Italian bakery and cafe, serving primarily northern
 Italian cuisine.  Always delicious!  Run by the daughter of an Italian
 mother and Sicilian father, from a family in the food business.  Great
 entree's and desserts that will make you forget about dieting.

 Someone wrote:
 : My wife and I will be going to visit Santa Barbara this winter, for a
 : week.  I will be there on business, and she will be accompanying me.

 : Any recommendations for good restaurants would be appreciated.

 : Please respond here, as my e-mail address is not reliable.

 : Thanks!

 >Any recommendations for good restaurants would be appreciated.

 The Stonehouse Restaurant.

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 Greyzone wrote:
 >My wife and I will be going to visit Santa Barbara this winter, for a
 >week.  I will be there on business, and she will be accompanying me.
 >
 >Any recommendations for good restaurants would be appreciated.
 >
 >Please respond here, as my e-mail address is not reliable.
 >
 >Thanks!

 Since my message to you "bounced" ([email removed] said "greyzone"
 wasn't a user at aol.com) here's my message...

 I just came back from Santa Barbara last weekend, so I might be able to
 offer some advice.  I'll mention the places I've been to, plus a few
 others that were listed in an article about places to eat in Santa
 Barbara.  For some of these restaurants, I have the actual address and
 telephone number, but for others I can only give you the cross streets
 or general location.  Don't forget you can always call information and
 ask for the address.  In California, the information number is 411.  I
 picked up a free local paper that had the addresses of these and other
 places in it.  Here they are, in order of personal favorites...

 First off, if you only get the opportunity to eat out once, eat at La
 Supa-Rica Taqueria, 622 North Milpas Street (at Cota Street, telephone
 (805) 963-4940).  It's not a fancy restaurant by any means--nothing
 more than a stand with picnic tables on the side underneath an awning.
 However, many food critics feel that this is one of the best Mexican
 restaurants in the country.  (Who knows?  You might see Julia Childs
 there, since she lives in Santa Barbara.)  Most of the food is small
 dishes, costing only $2.00 or $3.00.  For two people, you might want
 to order five of these.  Try a quesadilla, the La Supa-Rice Especial,
 and don't forget to try the horchata to drink: it's like drinking rice
 pudding.  This is about as good as traditional Mexican food gets.

 I also had a good brunch at the Paradise Cafe.  It's on the east side
 Anacapa Street (one or two blocks east of State Street) at Ortega
 Avenue (the address was something like 701, or 700-something).  It's
 a casual place, with a small bar attached to one side of it.  They've
 got a small restaurant with a nice patio, and they serve things like
 a Greek frittata, "orange juice" or blue-corn waffles for breakfast.
 My companion had a grilled eggplant sandwich with a side of dill pasta
 salad that was nice.

 Michael Richard, a French Los Angeles Chef, has a nice restaurant on
 the third floor of the Santa Barbara Inn, at 901 East Cabrillo
 Boulevard (at Milpas Street, telephone (805) 963-0111).  It's called
 Citronelle, and it's a fairly nice place, one where you might want to
 wear a jacket, possibly a tie.  Try to get a seat by the window,
 especially at sunset.  They're right across the street from the beach.
 The food consisted of French cuisine with a California flair.  Dinner
 for two there was around $80.00.

 I also enjoyed my meal at a very casual breakfast place called The
 Cajun Kitchen at 1924 Del al Vina Street (at Mission Street, telephone
 (805) 687-2062).  This place was by no means fancy.  I had an Italian
 omelet with a side of blackened catfish, and they serve other things
 like Lousiana hot sausage, blackened chicken breast, and cornbread.
 Most dishes were around $6.00.

 Most of the activity in downtown Santa Barbara is on State Street, which
 starts at the beach at Stearns Wharf, the oldest pier in California.
 State Street has bars closer to the beach, and interesting shops and
 cafes for dozens of blocks along the street.  Offhand, I thought there
 was a nice deli (it was on the east side of State Street (the lefthand
 side if you're walking up State Street from the beach) called the Pierre
 La Fond Deli.  There was also a nice-looking vegetarian place on the
 same side of the street, but I don't recall their name.  It was a
 cafeteria-styled place, with a small market attached to it.  There's
 pretty good pastries at Andersen's, 1106 State Street (at Anapumu
 Street, telephone (805) 962-5085).

 A short article about Santa Barbara lists some of these places above,
 along with:

 Louie's, in the Upham Hotel, 1404 De la Vina Street at Sola Street;
 (805) 963-7003.  "[...] the restaurant of the beautifully kept Upham
 Hotel, a bed-and-breakfast in a sweet residential district just off
 State Street.  [...] I find the food light, sophisticated, prefectly
 competent but not particularly exciting: classical 'California' cooking."
 They serve things like house-smoked Ahi tuna, halibut and vegetable
 risotto, grilled shrimp with avacado and tomato salsa, sauteed pork
 tenderloins with potatoes.  Dinner for two, with wine and tip, was
 $74.00.  The article consludes with: "I'd return, especially for the
 setting--we sat on the quiet side porch."

 The article also mentions "[...] Garrett's, a classic coffee shop" which
 is on Mission Street, not too far from the aforementioned Cajun Kitchen.
 "[...] fresh pasta at Emilio's" was also throw in there, but I do not
 have any addresses or telephone numbers for these places.  We drove
 past Garrett's one night, but they were closed.  It looked like a neat,
 little place.

 You also might want to visit the Santa Barbara Mission, which is on
 Mission Street.  The self-guided tour was $2.00, and it took about an
 hour to see everything.  It's better to go when there isn't mass going
 on, since you get to see the inside of the chapel that way.  If you're
 interested in wine tours, there's plenty of wineries up north, about an
 hour away in the Santa Ynez Valley.

 I hope this information helps.  Basically, try La Supa-Rica, Paradise
 Cafe, and Citronelle.  If there's a place that you went to and liked or
 something you did that you enjoyed, could you return the favor and let
 me know where it was?  I live in Los Angeles, so I plan to return to
 Santa Barbara, and I'm always looking for places to go to and things to do.

 Todd Krissel
 [email removed]

 My favorite, which I have mentioned before,
 The Bakery, 129 E. Anapamu St, which is a northern Italian style
 restaurant and cafe.  The name is misleading.  Great pastas made from
 scratch, as well as killer deserts.  It is across from the historic
 courthouse.

 Also, check out,
 Santa Barbara Roasting Company, on Motor Way, (its a short street so you
 don't need the number.)  Great java and attitude!  Take some fresh
 roasted (on the premises) beans home with you.

 These two places are not on the main drag, State St, but are close to it,
 and worth visiting.

 I live here.  I know.  <g>

 Have fun!

 Ian Alexander ([email removed]) spake thus:
 Someone wrote:
 : >: My wife and I will be going to visit Santa Barbara this winter, for a
 : >: week.  I will be there on business, and she will be accompanying me.

 : >: Any recommendations for good restaurants would be appreciated.

 : >: Please respond here, as my e-mail address is not reliable.

 : >: Thanks!